MUMABOT: Exploring disciplinary intersections in STEAM

The aim of this study is to evaluate a pilot course designed according to the first draft of the Transnational Curriculum for In-service Training (TITC) in the project “INTEC - Developing an innovative in-service training model for ECEC staff” (Erasmus+ KA2). The course MuMaBot is aimed at ECEC professionals with the objective of developing design and technical skills to use STEAM disciplines as fields of experience. It’s based on a transdisciplinary and multimodal approach, focused on the intertwining of knowledge between music, mathematics and educational robotics (Tomlinson, 2013; Ludovico et al. 2017; Areljung, 2023). This pilot is one of the training courses that the project partners are piloting in order to assess the innovative methodology developed in TITC. Bambini Bicocca will test the course in the form of Action-Research. Our research questions are: Is this course effective in giving ECEC professionals the ability to plan and implement STEAM activities in an transdisciplinary and multimodal approach in their services? What effect does it have on their ideas and practices about learning and disciplinary knowledge?