<< Background >>This project aims to promote innovative ways of teaching STEM outdoors in particular to girls and underprivileged children aged 8-16. The rationale is that the target group is underrepresented in STEM occupations and with the project we aim to motivate them to consider STEM-oriented careers. Recent studies have shown that children are better susceptible to STEM subjects, therefore we want to enhance their curiosity with the possibilities that STEM offers. At the same time, we aim at bridging the gap between digital technologies with real nature by designing and implementing combined STEM activities: online and outdoors. As a result, students will not only have knowledge but will also get equipped with skills for solving real complex problems required in today’s world. Another known problem that children face is the application of theoretical knowledge in nature. To overcome such problems, the project aims at defining difficult theoretical tasks and offer various implementations of the theory in the natural world. Through using a guided mobile application, using gamification elements for motivation, students will be able to easily understand the connection between theory and practice.<< Objectives >>The project has four objectives. 1. Creation of outdoor possibilities, for example, trails, for schools and their pupils to engage in collaborative activities for practicing STEM knowledge by using digital tools but outside of traditional school settings.2. Bridging the gap between theory and practice by introducing educational experiences and interdisciplinary approaches to solving real-life challenges. Tasking pupils with real-life challenges will help them understand the relevance of STEM knowledge in daily activities.3. Flexible and inclusive e-toolkit. E-toolkit will offer teachers and students a description of various possibilities for practicing STEM in nature. It will consist of e-materials and a freely accessible mobile app that will help in discovering activities and outdoor STEM trails for different pupils’ ages and interests. 4. Increase the motivation of girls and underprivileged children to engage in STEM activities.<< Implementation >>Each primary school will develop two trails, or six altogether including the STEM activities on each of the trails. All partners will develop a GREEN&STEM e-toolkit (e-learning space) with a description of all activities and trails for all ages. The e-toolkit is an easy-to-use and ready digital collection for outdoor science and STEM activities, with a specific focus on girls and underserved communities. The GREEN&STEM e-toolkit will be a basis for developing a mobile app by FIS. Development of an outdoor STEM educator guide (e-learning space) to engage students with STEM activities. We will create a project webpage (by FIS), a Facebook page, and a YouTube Channel (by SIM) and organize multiplier events for the promotion of the project results.<< Results >>Established six trails with STEM activities. Preparation of an e-toolkit GREEN&STEM and a mobile application GREEN&STEM. Project promotion and increased motivation in girls and underprivileged children for considering STEM careers by organizing three learning, teaching, and training activities in the partner schools in Slovenia, Spain, and North Macedonia. Organization of three multiplier events for the promotion of the project activities, one in each country. Established project webpage, a YouTube channel, and a Facebook page.

This project proposal is addressed to enhance STEM students knowledge and skills in mathematics within the STEM context. Using active and collaborative learning and ICT methodology for learning will lead to enlarge students skills to solve practical problems.Students will be an active part of the educational process using this new methodology.Students gained knowledge and skills in maths can be applied for success in today’s world, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration. A project of this kind is an excellent opportunity for making arguments between minds, criticizing different opinions on some topic, all of it with one goal: achieving excellent skills of maths of students to be used in everyday life.The people involved in this project (around 25) are experienced in the field of teaching mathematics and ICT skills and they will make great efforts for the success of this project. All of them will be included in completing different assignments and tasks from the project. This project will be carried out by four Universities and one association as project partners.During the project: a selection of staff involved will be made; quality assurance; budget control and financial reports; dissemination reports; and reports to the National Agency and European Commission. We have 5 intellectual outputs of the project: 1. Development of the mathSTEM teaching methodology and development of a Guidelines for the mathSTEM methodology.2. Open Online lessons on mathSTEM methodology3. Developing e-platform for mathSTEM method4. Designing a Summer Course5. Development of training courses for mathSTEM methodWe have 2 multiplier events in 1 in our country and 1 in Macedonia in order to get excellent promotion on the achievements of the project;1 short-term joint staff training events in Croatia and 1 intensive programme for higher education learners in Ohrid, Macedonia and 4 transnational project meetings (2 in our country, 1 in Macedonia and 1 in Turkey).After completion of the project, each partner will have specific tasks in a direction of sustainability of the project. Also planning additional activities on further developing mathSTEM method and prepare a new project will be made.Except for the main results of the project that are already mentioned as intellectual outputs, other results are:• Students to gain a positive attitude towards mathematics. The motivation for learning mathematics is expected to be increased, and this will gain better achievements of the students not only in mathematics but also in other STEM areas.• University teachers to gain better competence. They will look at the teaching process from the point of view of the students and have a better understanding of it. This is the way they are going to upgrade their teaching skills.• All of the participants will gain better linguistic and communication skills.• Through the work on this project, meeting different people and collaborate with them, they will appreciate the differences and become more open and tolerant of the changes that have to occur in the process of education.We can say that considering the long-term benefits with the mathSTEM method we have a new innovative approach to teaching and learning mathematics; possible implementation of the mathSTEM method in the curricular; gained new partnerships and projects to further, enhance the results of this project.

This project proposal is addressed to the specific priority on searching excellence in Mathematics education through increasing the motivation of learning. The objective of this project is gaining positive attitude towards mathematics by increasing of motivation for learning mathematics.Rationale for strengthening the motivation to learn mathematics relates to the more immediate policy concern of skills shortages in the labor market. Young people's interest in mathematics and related subjects is important therefore as it is a strong determinant of career choices in mathematics, science and technology (MST) related fields. Furthermore, maintaining high-level skills in these fields is crucial to the economy and so aiming for a high proportion of MST graduates continues to be an important objective in all European countries. The people involved in this project (around 25) were experienced in the field of teaching mathematics and ICT skills and they were made great efforts for the success of this project. All of them were included on completing different assignments and tasks from the project. This project is carry out by two Universities, three middle schools form the region and two associations as project partners. During the project: a selection of staff involved were made; quality assurance; budget control and financial reports; dissemination reports; and reports to the National Agency and European Commission. We have 4 intellectual outputs of the project: analysis of the teaching methodology; developing of MATHDebate method and e-platform; guidelines of MATHDebate method and development of training courses for teachers for using the MATHDebate method, as a new method for increasing the motivation for learning Mathematics. We had 3 multiplier events 2 in our country, 1 in Cyprus; one short-term joint staff training event in Cyprus and 4 transnational project meetings (1 in our country, 1 in Cyprus, 1 in Romania and 1 in Bulgaria). After completion of the project, each partner had specific tasks in a direction of sustainability of the project. Also planning additional activities on further developing MATHDebate method and prepare new project will be made. Except the main results of the project that are already mentioned as intellectual outputs, other results are: • Students to gain positive attitude towards mathematics. The motivation for learning mathematics is expected to be increased, and this will gain better achievements of the students not only in mathematics, but also in science and other areas. Reports from partner schools are available in the attachment. • Teachers to gain better competence. They will look on the teaching process from the point view of the students and have better understanding for it. This is the way they are going to upgrade their teaching skills. ( see in the attachment)• All of the participant gain better linguistic and communication skills. • Throw the work on this project, meeting different people and collaborate with them, they were appreciate the differences and become more open and tolerant to the changes that have to occur in the process of education. We can say that considering the long-term benefits with MATHDebate method we have new innovative approach to teaching and learning mathematics; possible implementation of the MATHDebate method in the curricular; gained new partnerships and projects to further enhance the results of this project.

Knowledge and skills must keep up with the rapid changes in today's world. Basic knowledge and skills of great complexity are crucially important for the inclusion of the citizens as active members of the society. The development of modern society is based on the knowledge and skills acquired during the education process which is important for the individual and for society, in general.FutureMath project is addressed to solve backwardness of technology and pragmatic educational methods of the educational institutions. FutureMath project aims •to improve professional competences and to support innovation in the teachers' system of training through pedagogical solutions and innovative practices based on the new computer and multimedia technologies•to provide tools and methodologies to facilitate the acquisition of the mathematical competence by introducing advanced technological tools in the teaching of Mathematics and its application.•to develop skills which can be used in order to contribute to a cohesive society, in particular to increase opportunities for learning mobility and through strengthened cooperation between the world of education and training and the world of work, formulating and solving complex problems autonomously, consciously and constructively. FutureMath project aims to expand and modernize teaching and learning methods used in the field of mathematics and mathematics-based sciences through modernization of Calculus courses with STEAM principles. Based on the experience of using technology before and during Covid-19 crisis, the project tends to expand the knowledge base and implementations to other mathematics and mathematics-based courses. Multidisciplinary approaches in the development of mathematics courses using STEAM principles will enhance employability and improve students’ career prospects. The participants of the project have great experiences in mathematics education in new technology environment and are willing to use their previous experiences in STEAM to develop STEAM methodology and technology for mathematics course at university level. The participants of the project got experiences in teaching during the Covid-19 period, “stay at home”, and decided to improve distance and face to face learning using STEAM principles.There are five intellectual outputs of project:•Analysis report on state of art in using technologies to support teaching in Mathematics after Covid-19 crisis•Development of new STEAM methodology and technology•FutureMATH video collection•Piloting lessons and testing•Analysis and further development and each partner organization is leading one of them.Training in STEAM methodology and technology will be organized for the teachers who will be involved in STEAM pilot courses and STEM students who are interested in new ways of learning.The project partners will organize 5 transnational meetings in order to conduct efficient and successful project management. Analysis conducted within pilot implementation based on appropriate STEAM methodology and technology will enable feedback about the validity of new teaching approach and hopefully justifying its application. Such analysis shared with the partners' experiences will contribute to more efficient project development. FutureMath results will be accessible to wider audience through project's web site, teachers and student trainings, dissemination conferences, and multiple other dissemination events.The consortium will organize 5 dissemination conferences in order to popularize the projects activities and results.The impacts of FutureMath project are as following: • Modernized Calculus and other mathematics-based courses in STEAM context, with created teaching, learning and evaluations materials,• Created Proposals and Guidelines for implementation of STEAM technologies & methodologies, and online materials in the STEAM context, that can all be used by general academic and non-academic public for fostering STEAM skills,• Trained university teachers in state of the art STEAM principles,• Enhanced learning outcomes of graduated students with obtained multidisciplinary STEAM qualifications, which should contribute to reduction of dropout rates and improved research capacities.The proposed project will lead to the creation of an accessible e-learning materials. This material will be accessible for the wide group of students an teachers with disabilities. Learning challenges can include experiencing visual or hearing impairments, facing barriers to mobility, or dealing with learning disabilities. Designers of e-learning will use developed strategies to minimize barriers to learning by structuring the learning materials and its presentation in e-learning platform to accommodate those with learning challenges. This approach has an added benefit in that it not only levels the playing field for those experiencing challenges, but it also makes e-learning more accessible for all learners.

The knowledge and skills acquired through the education process lieon the basis of the development of modern society. Thus, the rapidprogression of today’s world needs gaining the same scope of knowledgeand skills in a shorter time and adding brand new ones. This could only happenby applying new approaches and methods in the education system torespond to those needs.Basic knowledge and skills of various complexity are becomingcrucially important for the inclusion of the citizens as active members of thesociety. Reports state deficits in literacy, especially of knowledge and skills inthe sphere of maths and natural sciences, which result in serious problems inhuman’s development and maturity, such as social issues, social ignorance,unemployment, social exclusion, segregation, etc.That is why education is so important for the individual and for society in general. The educational process takes place basically at schooland the school is the institution responsible for students to gain that newknowledge and skills through the period of their growth. Education needs anew vision and new teachings methods in order to prevent educationalreasons for dropping out of school, such as school environment andorganization of the learning process.This project proposal is addressed to enhance students knowledge and skills in mathematics. Some students love math. Other students fear math. MATH4everyone is the place for both.Based on the analysis made before the start of this project, in the framework of this project, a new interactive teaching method will be developed. Using active and collaborative learning and ICT methodology for learning will lead to enlarge students skills to solve practical problems.Students will be an active part of the educational process using this new methodology.Students gained knowledge and skills in maths can be applied for success in today’s world, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration. A project of this kind is an excellent opportunity for making arguments between minds, criticizing different opinions on some topic, all of it with one goal: achieving excellent skills of maths of students to be used in everyday life.The people involved in this project (around 25) are experienced in the field of teaching mathematics and ICT skills and they will make great efforts for the success of this project. All of them will be included in completing different assignments and tasks from the project. This project will be carried out by three high schools, one university and one association as project partners.During the project: a selection of staff involved will be made; quality assurance; budget control and financial reports; dissemination reports; and reports to the National Agency and European Commission. We have 5 intellectual outputs of the project: 1. MATH4everyone online platform.2. MATH4everyone toolbox and resources.3. Developing of a teachers guidance materials4. Open Online lessons5. A promotional video-Story board,We have 2 multiplier events in 1 in our country and 1 in Macedonia in order to get excellent promotion on the achievements of the project; 1 short-term joint training event for teachers in Novi Sad, Serbia 1 short-term of groups of students in Turkey, and 4 transnational project meetings (2 in our country, 1 in Macedonia and 1 in Turkey).After completion of the project, each partner will have specific tasks in the direction of sustainability of the project. Also planning additional activities on further developing the new teaching method and prepare a new project will be made.Except for the main results of the project that are already mentioned as intellectual outputs, other results are:• Students to gain a positive attitude towards mathematics. The motivation for learning mathematics is expected to be increased, and this will gain better achievements of the students not only in mathematics but also in other STEM areas.• Teachers to gain better competence. They will look at the teaching process from the point of view of the students and have a better understanding of it. This is the way they are going to upgrade their teaching skills.• All of the participants will gain better linguistic and communication skills.• Through the work on this project, meeting different people and collaborate with them, they will appreciate the differences and become more open and tolerant of the changes that have to occur in the process of education.We can say that considering the long-term benefits we have a new innovative approach to teaching and learning mathematics; possible implementation of it in the curricular; gained new partnerships and projects to further, enhance the results of this project.