Course Content
Introduction
Activities and exercises developed within this methodology aim to increase fundamental soft skills in female students who are currently attending STEM university courses. Following the introduction of "Arts" in STEM - i.e. implementation of creative and artistic thinking - we developed a methodology that helps mentoring students while elaborating different types of projects with the aim to empower their skills through an art thinking process. The proposed methodology follows an input-output process that leads students through the development of a project, where each output activity represents the input of the following activity.
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Technology & STEM
The methodology
WeSTEAM methodology
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Incubation
In the Incubation Phase the participants carry out research in relation to the topic of their interest and begin to put the foundations for a more concrete and precise idea.
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Creative visualisation
Connections and analogies
Conceptual reworking through photography
Learning questionnaire
Imagination
In the Imagination Phase participants begin to idealize and define the key steps for the development of the project. During this development phase, the first goals and objectives are set.
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Interactive mind map
Your project storyboard
Visual storytelling
Learning questionnaire
Creation
During the Creation Phase, participants begin to concretely develop their product, project, or idea. After a prototyping step, this phase is accompanied by testing moments, where participants begin to understand what works and what should be changed. The testing phase is accompanied by the collection of external feedback, crucial to implement transversal points of view useful for the finalization of the project.
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Shape your prototype
Collecting feedback
Art data visualization
Learning questionnaire
Evolution
During the last Evolution phase participants aim to complete the project and present it to the audience of experts and external auditors. The Evolution Phase is a finalization phase but also a phase that looks to the future, as participants can take the key decisions on what should be changed in order to make the project more successful and to plan potential follow up.
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Strengths and weaknesses towards the finalization
Pitch your project creatively
Wind and anchors of your project
WeSTEAM Methodology
About Lesson

The methodology developed in this document provides a set of training tools and exercises aimed at enhancing a range of skills identified during the first months of the project, in female STEM students.

OBJECTIVE OF THE METHODOLOGY: To enhance skills through Art Thinking in female STEM students, in order to increase their opportunities of high-level professional attainments and for increasing attractiveness of STEM courses for women. 

WHO CAN USE THIS HANDBOOK: Educators and teachers who wish to implement an innovative teaching methodology to improve their students’ skills.

TO WHOM THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ARE ADDRESSED: The activities are addressed at female students who are involved in STEM courses.

TIME: The total amount of time needed to implement these exercises ranges from 30 to 40 hours.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: The minimum number of students ranges from 10 to a maximum set by the educator, depending on the capacity of the classroom in which the activities are carried out.

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