Teaching and Learning Center
The project offers career guidance through the involvement of the business sector. At the same time, it promotes interaction between universities and schools, providing professional development and training opportunities for teachers. Furthermore, it leverages the expertise of the university’s third mission to engage families and address a critical issue in STEM fields: the gender gap.
University faculty involved in the project, together with experts from partner organizations, have developed a “catalogue” of five training and guidance pathways. Each participating school implements two of these pathways in two or three different classes.
Each pathway includes several distinct activities and follows the same structure, divided into three main phases:
- Preparation and Adaptation Phase (5 hours):
This phase brings together university faculty, tutors, and high school teachers to adapt the content of the macro-pathways to the specific school context, considering the curriculum covered, class characteristics, and type of school (e.g., high school, technical institute). - Laboratory Activities (10 hours):
Labs are conceived in the STEM sense — as spaces for experimentation. Students are involved in setting up experiments, observing phenomena, using measurement and counting tools, and interpreting results. This fosters familiarity with hands-on scientific work. During the analysis and interpretation stages, students also use digital tools and generative AI to create tables and graphs and to extract insights from collected data. - Career Orientation Activities (5 hours):
These include meetings with researchers and entrepreneurs in STEM fields to explore a variety of topics. The workshops focus on technological innovation, the startup process for tech enterprises, startup funding, and marketing strategies for high-tech products, all directly related to the topics explored during the lab activities.
Soggetto Responsabile del Progetto: Società Cooperativa A.FO.RI.S.MA IMPRESA SOCIALE
Enti di formazione: Sistema Museale di Ateneo dell'Università di Pisa e Teaching and Learning Center dell'Università di Torino
Partner scolastici: I.I.S. Amaldi Sraffa, I.T. Carlo Cattaneo, IIS Galilei Artiglio, Isis Follonica, Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "G. Capellini - N. Sauro", Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Statale "Parentucelli-Arzelà", Istituto Istruzione Superiore Antonio Pesenti, Istituto Superiore Statale 'Xxv Aprile' Pontedera, ITCG Cerboni, ITCG Ferruccio Niccolini, Liceo Scientifico Majorana, Liceo Classico Scientifico Musicale “Isaac Newton”, Liceo Scientifico Statale Ulisse Dini Pisa, Liceo Statale “F.Buonarroti”, Liceo Statale F. Cecioni | Partner for profit: Kalliope S.r.l.
🔬 STEM UP: Shaping the STEM Talents of the Future! 🎓
In an increasingly digital world, STEM skills are essential to tackle tomorrow’s challenges. The STEM UP project, funded by the Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale (Digital Republic Fund), brings together academic institutions, schools, and businesses to train young talents through an innovative, hands-on program.
The project spans 18 months and aims to strengthen the education and career guidance of high school students in Tuscany, Liguria, and Piedmont towards STEM fields.
📅 Press Conference – Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 11:00 AM
📍 Auditorium of the Museum of Physics Instruments – Science Playroom, University of Pisa
📹 Live-streamed from the University of Turin – Auditorium, Palazzetto Aldo Moro
Participation in the press conference is available online only via this link: https://bit.ly/presentazionestemup
