The promotion of interdisciplinarity has been gaining prominence all around the world to better prepare students for the real-life challenges of an increasingly demanding society. This study aims to investigate how to promote interdisciplinarity in primary school in the framework of science education. With a qualitative methodology and an interpretative approach, participants are primary school teachers who participated in a collaborative continuing professional development program. Findings of our research show that teachers gained the skills to design and implement interdisciplinary tasks adequate to primary school syllabus.

The paper presents the findings of the competence needs analysis performed in order to determine the employers’ needs for their staff competencies in design, technology and economics in the sectors of forestry and wood, metal and machinery, agriculture and food industry in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. This study was performed as a part of the implementation of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Project “Implementing Interdisciplinarity in Career Counselling”. A survey of company representatives was carried out in order to identify the work processes and the competencies in product design, production technologies and economics that are the most relevant to career guidance.

The project proposal objectives are most relevant to the facilitation of learning and employability of school children in the way that new innovative approaches will be developed for a better professional orientation and higher motivation to reach the necessary higher education and focus on relevant subjects in school education.