eTwinning/Erasmus+ Project ,,S-TEAM IN KINDERGARTEN”

S.T.E.A.M educational model is a new educational concept and reduced implemented in kindergartens in our country, Romania, but the examples of good practices developed within the eTwinning action carried out under the umbrella of the Erasmus+ program from different European countries, brought to our attention the fact, this educational model stimulates the growth of S.T.E.A.M skills (observation skills, communication skills, cooperation skills, mathematical and digital skills) at preschoolers. The article presents the eTwinning/Erasmus+ project "S-TEAM in kindergarten", a project carried out in collaboration with six European kindergartens participating in the program (Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Slovakia), the activities conducted in project, the research methods and tools used within the project to measure the level of development of S.T.E.A.M skills, the results obtained within the project. The project was realized on the ESEP digital platform in eTwinning section, collaboration digital tools offered by the platform, a learning space for the participating kindergarten teachers and for preschoolers. The research methods within the project were the observation method through the Evaluation Scale, and Observation Grid of S.T.E.A.M activities and psycho-pedagogical experiment method, applied in ,,S.T.E.A.M in kindergarten”, educational program. The study included 255 preschoolers from six European kindergartens (Arabella Kindergarten Vidin, Bulgaria, Zespol Skol Publicznych v Szewnie, Szewna, Poland, Kindergarten No.2, Bistrita, Romania, Vocational School ,,Tiberiu Morariu” Salva, Romania, Huseyn Ak Anaokulu, Antalya,Turkey, Základná škola s materskou školou, Pod Vinbargom 1, Bardejov, Slovakia) and 22 teaching staff.