The program of the summer school will address different issues with different goals:
– impart innovative active teaching methods for STEM university practice in order to inspire the CPD-Ambassadors to try them out in their local universities. Discussion sessions will be held about different pedagogies, their benefits and drawbacks based on educational research.
– put into practice train-the-trainer methodologies and work in co-creation in order to empower the CPD-Ambassadors to be able to transmit TPACK (technological, pedagogical content knowledge) to their colleagues.
– develop strategies to organize continuous professional development (CPD) activities at local universities, tuned to the specific local situation.
– reach out strategies to incentivize excellence in university STEM teaching such as evidence based course design using educational action research practice.