The STEPAM project team participated in the STEAMCRAFT Workshop held at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. The event brought together educators and researchers to explore innovative approaches to STEAM education, with a particular focus on game-based learning, sustainability education and the use of Minecraft in teaching.
Prof. Aleksandar Ignjatović presented the STEPAM project at the professional gathering STEAM Educational Model in Teaching Practice: Examples of Good Practice, held at the Faculty of Education in Jagodina.
From 17 to 19 March 2025, STEPAM project partners met at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, to further develop two key project outcomes: the STEPAM Handbook and the joint teacher training MOOC. Partners worked on the structure and content of educational units connecting physical activity with STEAM disciplines, as well as on digital integration and pedagogical design. The meeting resulted in a concrete plan for finalising the Handbook and piloting the MOOC, enriched by international collaboration with partners and experts from Europe and Southeast Asia.
From 7 to 10 November 2024, the STEPAM project was presented at the 35th Forum of the European Physical Education Association (EUPEA) in Belgrade, which brought together more than 50 representatives from over 30 European countries. Prof. Aleksandar Ignjatović delivered a plenary lecture on teacher training in physical activities and embodied learning through STEAM education and also participated in the forum’s final expert panel on the future of physical education and teachers’ professional development.
The STEPAM project was presented at the professional gathering Contemporary Trends in Physical Education Teaching, held from 30 August to 1 September 2024 in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. Through a workshop on innovative methods in Physical and Health Education, teachers explored new approaches and practical activities designed to increase student engagement, participation, and active learning.
STEPAM was presented at the Provincial Education Seminar 2024, held in Makhanda, South Africa, where educators and international STEAM experts exchanged innovative approaches to STEM and STEAM education. Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi delivered an online presentation, “Global Perspective on STEAM Education for Sustainable Development,” and referred to STEPAM among the current Innovative Learning Environments (ILE) projects at the University of Jyväskylä.
The seminar provided an international platform for sharing multidisciplinary teaching methods and innovative STEAM approaches, contributing to the wider dissemination of the STEPAM project and its educational goals.
The second STEPAM project meeting took place in Jyväskylä, Finland, from 14 to 16 May 2024, bringing together project partners from the University of Kragujevac, Johannes Kepler University and the University of Jyväskylä. The meeting included project planning, a staff training session at Jyväskylä Christian School combining physical education and mathematics, and a hybrid webinar on joyful learning, reaching a wider international audience.
The project team members participated in face-to-face Kick-off meeting at the Faculty of Education in Jagodina.
The team discussed and agreed plan about preparing and developing Handbook contents and about next steps and activities.
On December 21st, 2023 STEPAM online Kick-off meeting was held with all Project partners.
Partners agreed all details about various administrative issues, live Kick-off meeting, project coordination and management and first project activities.
The next live Kick-off meeting will take place in Serbia in February, 2024.
