S.TEMPO

The S.TEMPO project is directly contributing to one of the new priorities in the sector of school education: “Promoting interest and excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and the STEAM approach, through supporting primary education teachers in delivering quality STEAM activities in their classrooms. The first group to benefit from our work will be primary teachers from Bulgaria, Serbia, and Slovenia, and pupils in their first years of primary education (age group 7-10).

In the long-term perspective, the S.TEMPO methodology and S.TEMPO activities to be developed by piloting teachers through their digitalisation on the popular platform for educational materials (IZZI) will be accessible for teachers beyond partner countries. Our contribution for the primary education level will ensure that pupils are immersed in the philosophy of STEM/STEAM from an early age and they will develop effective habits for working in experimental, interdisciplinary, and project-based learning situations. Building basic STEM/STEAM competences will support their further advancing into STEM in the next stages of their education.

Our Goals are:

Comprehensive and academically validated STEAM/STEM activities design methodology
45 primary teachers (15 per country) trained in using the methodology
45 STEAM/STEM activities developed
45 pilots of developed STEAM/STEM activities in real classroom environment

With S.TEMPO we want to create a mechanism for developing STEM/STEAM activities which is standardised and with strong validation from the leading pedagogical academic institutions in our countries. This methodology will provide clear step-by-step instructions for teachers on how to approach their most pressing task of designing STEM/STEAM activities in alignment with national legislative frameworks with regard to curriculum. Furthermore, we would like to create the S.TEMPO network of teachers, trained in using the methodology, who would continue the work of its multiplication and mainstreaming and will provide peer-to-peer support for primary teachers in our countries, wishing to use it.

Organizations

Klett Bulgaria

Since 2002 Klett Bulgaria is among the leading publishers of textbooks and learning materials for all areas of preschool and school education in Bulgaria. The rich palette of Klett editions covers everything from the classic textbook to modern interactive teaching materials, from specialized to fiction. All textbooks follow official curriculum from the Ministry of Education and Science and meet all state educational standards in Bulgaria. The mission of the organization is to create quality educational materials and to help society for better education. Klett Bulgaria is an always been a partner of teachers, students and all those who want to improve and develop on the path of knowledge. Our key activities are – publishing of textbooks and all type of learning materials; producing high level digital and interactive education content and resourses; teachers trainings and seminars We have around 140 staff members. More than 300 000 students who every year use our materials.

Univerzitet u Sofiji

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgarian: Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“) is the leading Bulgarian university. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria. Sofia University is a campus-based research university which has 16 faculties where over 25 000 students study and 1800 academics teach in a variety of Bachelor, Master and PhD programs.

The University is exemplary in terms of its scientific research and educational activities, both enjoying wide cultural and social significance. It plays an active role in preparing and conducting policies of national, regional and international significance. Sofia University has international agreements with more than 80 universities from various countries, hundreds of joint participations in different international projects and multilateral contacts with scholars from all over the world.

Sofia University has been consistently ranked as the top university in Bulgaria according to national and international rankings, being constantly among the best four percent of world universities according to QS World University Rankings.

Klett Serbia

Publishing House Klett is a part of Klett Group based in Germany. It is established in Serbia in 2004. Our aim is to take an active part in educational process and bring quality education to every student in Serbia. Being innovative and creative, using our expertise and knowledge we tend to make learning and teaching as effective as possible. Our main scope of work is publishing textbooks for public primary and secondary schools. University professors and schoolteachers are our main partners in creating textbooks. Several of our textbooks has been awarded international prizes. We were among first publishing houses in Serbia to offer digital materials thus promoting and helping digitalization in educational process. Students all around Serbia use our textbooks since we are the leading publisher in Serbia.

Učiteljski fakultet u Beogradu

Teacher Education Faculty (TEF) at University of Belgrade, founded in 1993, is focused on preschool and primary school teachers’ education. Academic studies are based on Bologna education process and carried out at three levels: bachelor, master, and PhD (3 years – 180 ECTS). TEF aims at helping students gain new knowledge and master the skills in pedagogical, psychological, and professional work, develop critical thinking and exchange ideas within the educational system. Study subjects are divided into four groups:

General educational subjects
Psychological-pedagogical subjects
School subjects with methodologies (subject didactics)
Professional praxis (teacher training in primary schools and pre-school institutions).

Students partially contribute to the design of their study curriculum, because optional subjects comprise 20% of all the subjects offered.

TEF has 103 teaching staff (30 teaching assistants and 73 professors) organized in 10 departments. From the very beginning of its work, the Faculty has been publishing books and periodicals and is a recognized publisher of professional and scientific reference books. Apart from issuing individual publications, the Faculty cooperates with other scientific and teaching organizations both in the country and abroad.

The faculty has published more than eighty editions so far, and the number has been increasing all the time. The Faculty periodical Teaching Innovations has been highly ranked by the Ministry of Science among the periodicals of international importance.

Rokus Klett

Rokus Klett is the leading publisher of textbooks and additional learning materials in Slovenia, covering all levels and all subjects from the age 5 to 19 years old students. At least one Rokus Klett textbook is used per every student every year, so we reach approximately 190.000 students per year. In our thirty-years tradition, we have built solid foundations by constantly investing in research and development of new materials and approaches, as well as by interdisciplinary linking of editorial and promotional activities. Creativity, responsibility, cooperation, and respect are the common thread of our operation. With innovation, which is already traditional for us, Rokus Klett Publishing House carefully incorporates modern technologies into the educational process. In addition to that, our mission statement includes also our dedication to support teacher’s professional as well as personal growth, both of which we develop throughout learning programs and lectures within our Smart academy, center for professional and personal growth of pedagogic stuff.

Univerzitet u Ljubljani

University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest higher education and scientific research institution in Slovenia. It has more than 40.000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and employs approximately 5.600 higher education teachers, researchers, assistants, and administrative staff in 23 faculties and three arts academies. University of Ljubljana is listed. amongst the top 500 universities in the world according to the ARWU Shanghai, Times THES-QS and WEBOMETRICS rankings. The University takes a central pedagogical position by performing public services in the areas of special social importance which ensure the preservation of the national identity.

The Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana educates and trains teachers and other professional workers in the field of education.

The primary research undertaken at the Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana is from the areas of educational sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. The faculty brings together the largest interdisciplinary group of researchers of educational science in Slovenia and is composed of more than 130 education professionals.

S.TEMPO News

– APRIL 2024 –

The beginning of the S.TEMPO primary teacher network in Bulgaria, Slovenia and Serbia

We are proud to announce that in April 2024. We also made our first steps towards the creation of the first ever international network of S.TEMPO teachers from the initial stage from Bulgaria, Slovenia and Serbia, which is among the main objectives of the project. Its foundations were laid in the period 19 – 21 April in Belgrade, Serbia, when over 50 teachers had the opportunity to participate in special training for the establishment of STEM/STEAM activities for the initial stage, based on the innovative methodology developed for the project. The university professors presented to the audience the algorithm they created, aiming to give teachers specific guidelines and a formula through which they independently create STEM/STEAM activities and apply them with their students. Again under their leadership were held the activities in groups, in which teachers from different nationalities had the opportunity to exchange experiences and ideas.