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DIVE into Learning: Inclusive STEAM Education through Low-Cost Underwater Robots
The DIVE project transforms STEM education by promoting social inclusion and increasing student engagement. It develops an innovative curriculum focused on underwater robotics and marine science, trains 260 teachers in interdisciplinary methods, and impacts 4,000 students in multicultural schools across Spain, Greece, and Portugal, fostering more inclusive and effective STEM teaching.
The DIVE project aims to transform STEM education by fostering social inclusion, empowering teachers, and improving student engagement. The project will:
- Promote the inclusion of Refugee/Migrant/Minority youth through high-quality project-based learning.
- Train and support multicultural teachers with innovative, interdisciplinary methodologies.
- Enhance student performance by integrating STEM/STEAM approaches.
- Develop and implement a tested curriculum on low-cost underwater robotics and marine science.
During its three-year implementation, the project will design innovative lesson plans for STEM teaching in upper secondary education. In the first year, it will create lesson plans and assessment tools aligned with the curricula. In the second year, it will train a core group of English teachers to implement and improve the lesson plans. In the third year, the trained teachers will train more teachers who will implement the curriculum in multicultural schools in the participating countries, establishing a network of teachers for collaboration and sustainability of the project.
Expected outcomes include:
- A transformative curriculum changing how STEM is taught and learned, emphasizing Technology, Engineering, and Marine Sciences.
- A collection of culturally relevant lesson plans designed for diverse learners.
- A training program for 260 teachers across Spain, Greece, and Portugal.
- Direct impact on 4000 students through the implementation of the DIVE curriculum.
Ref
2025-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000362891
Program and Call for proposals
ERASMUS+ 2025 / KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education (KA220-SCH). Round 1
Start date
12/31/2025
End date
12/30/2028
Duration in months
36
TOTAL COST
400.000,00 €
Cost for PLOCAN
58.198,00 €
Total funded
400.000,00 €
Financed for PLOCAN
58.198,00 €
Coordinator
Universitat de Girona (ES)
Partners
UdG (ES) - ACTION SYNERGY (EL) - PLOCAN (ES) - ARDITI (PT) - INS Salvador Sunyer i Aimeric (ES) - IES José Arencibia Gil (ES) - Marathon Secondary School (EL) - Escola Secundária de Francisco Franco (PT)