2021

Nurmi, Tuomas; Parviainen, Piia; Virkkula, Otto; Kähkönen, Anna-Leena

LUMA2020 development program ran from mid-2019 to the end of 2020. The program aimed to support studying of, and engaging in, STEAM subjects in early childhood education and care (ECEC), and upper secondary and vocational schools. Other goals included evaluating the effectiveness of the program, constructing Massive Open Online Courses, supporting the participation in StarT platform, and other smaller entities. Approx. 160 learning communities took part in the program in Finland, of which 9 in Central Finland. The program was well-received, various teachers’ pedagogical ideas were realised, and the training provided for teachers in ECEC was seen to be particularly successful