YE(P)STEM
Co-construction for equitable informal STEM learning in Portuguese-speaking contexts
The YE(P)STEM project, from Cartas com Ciência, aims to widen access to equitable practice tools in informal STEM learning for Portuguese-speaking communities, building on the YESTEM project and tailoring it to the specific needs of those communities and contexts via co-construction.
2024 workshops:
8&9 July, pilot workshops at the IX Casa das Ciências International Meeting (Portugal)
3&4 September, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
26&27 September, National Library, São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe)
3&4 October, Youth Interaction Centre, Príncipe Island (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Learn more about the workshops in São Tomé and Príncipe in the news pieces below (choose automatic translated captions) and here.
More information about the workshops in Portugal is available (in Portuguese) here.
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The "YE(P)STEM" project is in its pilot phase and is still seeking funding to be implemented in more Portuguese-speaking communities.
What does the pilot phase of the YE(P)STEM project consist of?
Phase I of the YE(P)STEM project includes the production of a brochure with all the YESTEM tools and resources translated into Portuguese and the implementation of four co-construction workshops with teachers in Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe in 2024 (and their impact evaluation).
YE(P)STEM Phase I Supported by
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Phase I of YE(P)STEM project is supported by partners YESTEM, Biochemical Society (UK) - with a science outreach grant of 5.000 GBP -, National Library of São Tomé e Príncipe, CIDTFF – Research Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers from University of Aveiro (Portugal), and Ciência Viva (Portugal) - with a project support subsidy of 1.500 EUR.
Pilot workshop for teachers as part of the IX International Meeting of Casa das Ciências, Aveiro (Portugal). Photo: Meeting team.
The YE(P)STEM workshop..."[was an] excellent moment of learning, sharing and reflection", "it alerted me to reflect on my working methodology, how I question students, how I prepare lessons", "it increased my awareness of equity". Testimonies from participants in two pilot workshops
Context
Since 2022, Cartas com Ciência has team up with YESTEM e ao CIDTFF to widen the access of YESTEM tools to Portuguese-speaking communities.
Several documents have already been translated by the pro bono translation team of Cartas com Ciência. All documents revised by a specialist team composed of researchers and education professionals from several Portuguese-speaking countries.
The first translated materials were launched in 2022 at a Webinar which Cartas com Ciência organized, under the theme of "Equitable Practices in Science Education and Outreach ".
Next Seminars
In Portuguese
16.10.24 science, disability and accessibility: the role of science museums in inclusion and science capital building + Science Capital: international and brazillian literature review - learn more here.
Previous Seminars
18.08.24 YE(P)STEM Webinar "Science Capital and Equity in Science Engagement"- learn more here.
Publications and Communications
Ecsite Conference 2022 | Supporting equitable and socially just practice: the Equity Compass
In Portuguese
Sinergias ED nr 16 Journal, Educational Resource (2024) | Ferramentas “YESTEM”: Práticas equitativas na aprendizagem STEM em contexto não formal
News
In Portuguese
2024
Reportagem TVS sobre a Oficina YE(P)STEM na Ilha do Príncipe
Reportagem TVS sobre a Oficina YE(P)STEM em São Tomé
Projeto Cartas com Ciência capacita professores na promoção da “Equidade do ensino e aprendizagem” (Vídeo & Texto)
Oficina YE(P)STEM para a Equidade no Ensino de Ciências realizada em Aveiro
Oficina YE(P)STEM no IX Encontro Internacional da Casa das Ciências
Visita de Armindo Monjane da Universidade Pedagógica de Maputo
2023
Recursos educativos fruto da colaboração entre o CIDTFF e a Cartas com Ciência já disponíveis
What is YESTEM?
The YESTEM (Youth Equity and STEM) project, running from 2017 to 2022, was an “international research-practice partnership focused on understanding and supporting equitable practice in informal STEM learning”. This project produced a set of tools and resources for informal STEM learning, that are freely available (https://yestem.org/), based on “extensive mixed-method research with young people aged 11-14 and informal STEM learning practitioners” and co-developed by “a team of academic researchers and informal STEM learning organisations in the UK and the US”.
*What does STEM mean?
STEM means Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.