CPI Ana María Navales awarded for STEAM project for girls
The Public Center for Early Childhood and Primary Education (CPI) Ana María Navales, located in Zaragoza, has received the National STEAM Education Award. This recognition, presented on November 19 at an official event, celebrates the center’s efforts in promoting equality, scientific creativity, and female vocations in science and technology.
The project «STEAM: Girls in Science» originates in learning contexts for 1st grade with meaningful and hands-on proposals. It is strengthened in 2nd and 3rd grade and maintains continuity in Primary Education, where scientific thinking, research, and creativity serve as the guiding axis of educational experiences.
The initiative adopts a broad and humanistic STEAM philosophy that transcends robotics and 3D printing. It integrates critical and scientific thinking to observe, formulate hypotheses, and explain the world; participatory and meaningful mathematics through manipulation and structured play; art, design, and culture as languages to interpret reality; and contact with engineering, physics, and chemistry as part of children’s daily lives.
The project was made possible thanks to teachers, families, and especially the girls, whose curiosity and inspiration drive the educational path. From the direction of the center, led by Domingo Santabárbara, it is recognized that the award constitutes «an impetus to continue building a school that opens doors, awakens vocations, and makes every girl feel that science also belongs to her,» reaffirming the institutional commitment to an education that combines rigor, creativity, equality, and social transformation.
