CreaSTEAM. Hacia la mejora de brechas en diversidad mediante la recopilación de proyectos, buenas prácticas y espacios STEAM - [CreaSTEAM. Towards the improvement of diversity gaps through the compilation of projects, best practices and STEAM spaces]

Computational Thinking and Educational Robotics Integrated into Project-Based Learning

“…Therefore, the inclusion of CT in the school curriculum is a fundamental aim in the development of resources and tools for solving problems in STEAM subjects. STEAM best-practice implementations are currently the focus of great interest, not only because of how they are proving useful in improving student motivation in the processes involved but also as a strategy for addressing diversity issues and improving the STEAM vocations of students affected by such gaps in representation [ 45 , 46 ].…”

“…What do these assessment tasks tell us about the individual student? [ 45 ]. Previous work in the STEAM high school disciplines has shown improved pre-test and post-test scores based on computational thinking practices [ 53 ].…”

Towards Closing STEAM Diversity Gaps: A Grey Review of Existing Initiatives

“…However, as much as these traditional pedagogies benefit their students and increase interest in STEAM fields, more work needs to be done to extend their benefits to diverse student groups (thinking broadly, "diversity" can include students of different cultures, abilities, ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations) [9,10]. Certainly, recent decreases in the number of European women in STEM higher education indicate that we need to do more to attract and keep underrepresented groups in STEAM from primary school through college and into the workforce [9]. Recently, there has been significant interest from academia in addressing these diversity gaps.…”

“…We do this through the lens of CreaSTEAM, an EU-funded project whose goal is to improve diversity gaps through the creation of curriculum and lab spaces specifically targeted at students with gender, economic, different ability, and immigration diversity. CreaSTEAM attempts to do this by considering both existing STEAM pedagogies and less formal STEAM initiatives [9,10].…”

“…In terms of existing, established pedagogy, the project works to integrate fab labs, media labs, and user labs into a single, student-centered "STEAM-Lab" [9,10]. Fab, media, and user labs are maker spaces, where students learn by doing, creating their own academic projects and learning from their mistakes.…”