STEAMCRAFT: Computational Thinking Missions to Foster Girls’ Interest in STEM/STEAM

Coordinator & Partners

Fundación Educativa Jesuitinas – Jesuitinas Valladolid – Coordinator

Základní škola a Mateřská škola Dr. Edvardam Beneše, Praha-Čakovice

Scoala Primara Lorelay, Iasi, Romania

Milli Irade Uluslararasi Kiz Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi, Ankara, Türkiye

European Institute for Modern Board Games S.L., Valladolid, Spain

Description

STEAMCRAFT promotes Computational Thinking and STEM/STEAM engagement among students aged 10–18 through mission-based learning in Minecraft Education, with a particular focus on increasing girls’ confidence, participation and interest in STEM. The project trains teachers to design and implement inclusive computational thinking activities and develops age-progressive learning pathways, open educational resources and assessment tools. These resources will be tested and refined through school pilots across four European countries, creating an evidence-informed and transferable approach that other schools can easily adopt.

Results

Expected results

• Teacher Training Package on Minecraft Education and Computational Thinking.
• Age-progressive Computational Thinking Pathways for students aged 10–18.
• Open Teacher Toolkit with classroom-ready missions, assessment tools and implementation guidelines.
• Pilot implementation with at least 200 students across four European countries.
• Evidence on the impact on Computational Thinking and girls’ STEM confidence, interest and aspirations.
• Multilingual Open Educational Resources (OER) available in English, Spanish, Czech, Romanian and Turkish.
• School case studies and practical recommendations to support replication and wider adoption.