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Before the project we have come to the conclusion that all partners are experiencing similar problems (in some schools more, in others - less) to solve which is not enough to use usual procedures and actions. We believed that more experienced schools will ensure the implementation of the project, while the rest became the figure how the most complex problems can be solved by a simple but highly effective innovative system. This project can be an instrument of the big challenges of education in secondary schools in Europe. In order to involve students, developing basic and transversal skills (especially in STEM) we created HackLab Clubs, which have focused on STEM Career CENTER. According to different achievements and facilities at school, this Center was: REALISTIC (in Vilnius and Manavgat), reasonable on infrastructure and VIRTUAL (in Diekirch, Reykjavik, Martina Franca), which operates through other infrastructures (classes, Labs, workshops etc.).In the beginning, we have invited leaders who are direct participants in the Project. They have discovered their potential and taking advantage of the international mobility together with teachers got experience in the use of a number of innovative approaches as a motivational learning system, including methods like CLIL(in Italy), Experimentation (inLuxembourg), using ICT and GIS (in Lithuania and Turkey), PEER (in Iceland) education. Namely last method get them the chance to have the Peer-to-Peer experience being a student-expert-teacher. These students involved more and more young people into STEM creative workshops.HackLab CLUBS at schools became as a community-operated workspace where students and other people with COMMON INTERESTS can meet, socialize and collaborate (stay at schools). Students received adults‘ help and advice and worked with other students-teachers, friends, parents or external specialist, in order to have a greater impact than schools' teachers can provide. Clubs are based on the volunteering and friendly relations principles and worked as NON-FORMAL education. The whole community was focus on students with low achievement in basic skills. Here, there is another part of the system - methodical, where the most important is the role of teachers. They used more effective teaching methods, but also advised students in the clubs. International experience during the project became a reference point for the implementation of the new STEM Careers MODEL. Our MODEL is innovative and simple for any school (with a lot of students with low achievement) and became attractive for Z and α generations.How it works? We proposed career planning MODEL (vortex model) for the students and there are centripetal and centrifugal “forces”. Communicative opportunities of invited students, experts and teachers of all project countries save up to the crest. Provided examples of successful scientific career every day, clubs’ actors allow “trying” the professions or at least becoming acquainted with the real social and personal achievements of young scientists. Eventually, some students identify themselves with the career in STEM, choosing that in the country, region or the EU. It evidences itself through individual career choice, independence, ability to critically evaluate personal potential. Being in the STEM space (or hive) students became an example to others.During the project, we divided students into five groups based on interests. Created HackLab clubs joined Teams of the project. Clubs was named after project' motto acronym SYSTEMa. On a voluntary basis, the clubs was invited parents, mostly of STEM professions. During two years a growing number of the school community was joined the clubs. Clubs worked within the MODEL. We was invited external experts, to carry out various research activities. Each partner was share relevant experiences in international meetings and we in this way achieved SYNERGY effect. The most important product of the project is STEM Career GUIDE (recommendations for schools).The project uses the INPUT-OUTPUT principle. CONTRIBUTION consists of: school communities, international teams in the project countries, effective methods of teaching and learning and STEM fields, eg. Biotechnology. The RESULT includes HackLab CLUBS and enhansed student motivation (in school they want to use the new opportunities and contacts), as well as prepared by the project experience STEM Career GUIDE.
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