Integrating Montessori and Creative Technologies for Enhanced Math Education in Multicultural Schools

<< Objectives >>- Social inclusion of children with Refugee/Migrant or Minority background (RMM) in their school by offering them quality education.- Multicultural school teachers’ empowerment in the MARIAN project Curriculum and Lesson Plans Collection activities to support and upgrade their task with an innovative methodology.- Boosting Mathematics engagement and achievement among RMM children, with special focus on girls, by combining Montessori Education with a Creative Learning STEAM approach.<< Implementation >>- Innovative lesson plans for maths teaching and learning for primary and lower secondary education. - In 1st year, we will design lesson plans and assessment tools with specific links to curricula- In 2nd year, a small group of teachers will be trained in English, to implement and improve the lesson plans. - In the 3rd year, these trainers will train teachers who will implement MARIAN in multicultural schools in their countries.- A network of teachers will be created to support each other.<< Results >>- A transformative Montessori-inspired Creative Computing and Math Curriculum to change the ways of teaching and learning Mathematics from Primary to Lower Secondary.- A set of culturally relevant lesson plans, offering engaging activities for learning in different ways, designed for educators.- A MARIAN Training Program successfully conducted for 500 teachers in Spain, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania.- The MARIAN Curriculum effectively implemented, positively impacting 7,500 children.