Road-STEAMer dialogues. Throughout the project the consortium will develop and operate the Road-STEAMer dialogues, a scheme of coordinated, structured dialogue on the interactions of STEAM with various aspects of science education of current interest. Such aspects may include curriculum-related questions, science-related competences and careers, Responsible Research and Innovation, gender and inclusion, open science, open schooling, synergies of formal, non-formal and informal science learning spaces, the need for change in schools and school systems, etc. The thematic content of Road-STEAMer dialogues will be defined by the consortium in the course of the project, based on the results available at a given time as well as the need for in- depth, focused stakeholder input at that time in the life cycle of the project (e.g. towards a specific deliverable). For example, as an early plan already discussed at the time of preparing the present participatory methodology, it would be useful to link the dialogues process with the development of initial recommendations for the STEAM roadmap as well as with a dialogue with policymakers and industries related to STEM to feed the roadmap with industry needs and policies constraints (cf. WP5). The Road-STEAMer dialogues will take place in physical and/or digital (synchronous and/or asynchronous) spaces, as appropriate for the purpose and each context. It may be useful for digital editions of the dialogues to make use of the social media of the project. As a priority, dialogues in physical space will be organized in conjunction with 7 major project community events that will take place in different locations in Europe, as described in the previous section. The dialogues will involve all consortium partners and stakeholders from the Road-STEAMer community as well as any other interested parties who will be approached and invited to participate through the communication and dissemination efforts of the project. The overall process will involve three cycles, one per project year. Each cycle will commence with a relevant review of a certain area of the STEAM landscape (e.g. of literature and/or good practice), ideally linked to relevant project work and outputs that will be active or due at that particular time. On this basis, the circulation of short, thought-provoking position papers seeking to inspire and motivate participants to contribute to the dialogues will follow. Exchange of views and arguments will be moderated for a specified short pe...
