Presentation of Stimula project

1. Stimulating Science and
Technology Competences
Through Innovative Means for
Teaching and Learning
www.stimula-project.eu
Josu Waliño
Elhuyar Foundation
j.walino@elhuyar.com

2. About Stimula
• STIMULA aims to develop innovative methodologies to foster aspirations towards S&T careers
among pupils in secondary level education, using as a strategy the active involvement of the
world of work (universities, research & innovation centres, and research & development
companies) in educational activities.
• The main objective of this project is to foster the S&T vocation among the European young
students (12 to 18 years old). According to PISA 2006, the interest and enjoyment of S&T is
positively associated with better performance, so it is expected that the increase in the
motivation towards S&T will also contribute to the improvement and development of key
competences in S&T among the European young students, and to their scientific literacy.
Title: STIMULA. Stimulating Science and Technology
competences through innovative means for teaching and
learning
Call: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME Centralized /
COMENIUS Multilateral projects / EAC/49/2010 (European
Commission,EACEA)
Start: 01/11/2011
Duration: 24 months
Coordination: Elhuyar Foundation (j.walino@elhuyar.com)

3. Partners
• This project is managed and coordinated by the
Elhuyar Foundation. Partners of the project are
St. Mary’s University College, University of
Zaragoza, Steinbeis, Phaenovum and Colegiul
National Nicolae Titulescu.
• There are also 12 associated partners involved
in the project. 12 schools from 5 different
countries are participating in STIMULA:
Elorrioko Institutua and Fray Juan de Zumarraga
– Durango BHI from Spain, Bernat Etxepare
Lizeoa and Ziburuko Kolegioa from France, St.
Dominics Grammar School Belfast, Loreto
College, St Michal’s Grammar School and St.
Paul’s Junior High School Lurgan from the
United Kindom, Freie Evangelische Schule
Lörrach and Hans-Thoma Gymnasium from
Germany and Colegiul National Nicolae
Titulescu and Colegiul National Stefan Velovan
from Romania.

4. Strategy
• STIMULA project strategy will be to bring S&T closer to the young students and at the same time
the students closer to S&T, through bidirectional collaborative initiatives between schools and
agents of the world of work. The project will:
• Bring S&T to schools, through the proposal and practical implementation of curriculum
extending S&T educational initiatives (in the form of live experiments and competitions
based on problems). They will be carried out in the classrooms and will additionally
promote team work, creativity and ICT skills.
• Take schools to S&T, through the definition of collaboration strategies, models and
programmes of the schools with agents of the world of work (universities, R&D centres
and companies) will be defined, in which the school students will collaborate with these
external organisations in different activities (research activities, for example).
• Additionally, the project will propose specific teacher training methods and programmes,
addressed to current and future S&T technology teachers, so that they can contribute to
effectively foster the S&T vocation on young students.

5. Methodology

6. Stimulating Science and
Technology Competences
Through Innovative Means for
Teaching and Learning
www.stimula-project.eu
Josu Waliño
Elhuyar Foundation
j.walino@elhuyar.com