Conference : Beyond the Classroom – Rethinking STEAM Education
“The OTTER project, funded by European Commission’s H2020 programme, is organising a conference in Brussels to showcase its final results, discuss the opportunities and obstacles of the Education Outside the Classroom methdology (EOC), and map concrete pathways to apply and develop these innovative practices in STEAM education.
We are inviting policymakers, advisors, EOC practitioners, teachers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in education to join the conversation and meet us on 15 February.
The preliminary programme and background of the event can be found at:
| 10:00 | Registration with coffee |
| 10:30 | Welcome address (Jelena Kajganovic, OTTER coordinator) |
| 10:35 | Welcome address (European Commission representative) |
| 10:45 | Keynote speech: “Imagining sustainable futures: the role of out-of-school STEAM education” (Speaker: Lucy Avraamidou, President of ESERA, Director for the Center for Learning and Teaching, University of Groningen, NL) |
| 11:15 | New EOC methodologies: learnings from the OTTER project (Speaker: Deirdre O’Neill, Assistant Professor in Education, University of Limerick, Ireland) |
| 11:40 | Panel discussion |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | World Café |
| 15:30 | Summary of World Café and comments |
| 16:00 | Closing Remarks |