[STEM] The Education Bureau spent more than two years training middle school teachers to help develop school-based STEM learning activities

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Written by Deng Yinglin

2020-04-28 08:00

The Hong Kong Government has actively promoted STEM teaching in recent years, hoping to cultivate students ’interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, enhance the next generation ’s ability to create and solve problems, develop innovative thinking, and train STEM talents to promote the development of STEM in Hong Kong in the long run. The Education Bureau provided a "STEM Education In-depth Training Course" to all secondary school staff in Hong Kong to help teachers plan and implement school-based STEM learning activities.

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Starting from 2017/18, the Education Bureau has provided a total of 12 hours of "STEM Education In-depth Training Courses" for the curriculum leaders and middle management personnel of all secondary schools in Hong Kong. activity. The Curriculum Development Institute of the Education Bureau has produced two short films recording the courses.

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In "STEM Education Multi-faceted View" "Teacher Training (Experience)", teachers need to "design and build smart solar vehicles" in the workshop. Shimaen, a teacher of Keyu Middle School and Keyu Primary School, sponsored by Sise Park, believes that STEM teaching requires the cooperation of teachers in different fields in the school. If they learn together and experience, it will help promote it. Wei Yingxian, deputy principal of the Huaren College of Kowloon, believes that the teachers experienced the difficulties in doing STEM activities in the workshop. It is easier to teach students when teaching, to achieve the same level of teaching.

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In the "Teacher Training (Planning)", in addition to understanding the latest development of STEM education, implementation suggestions, design activities and evaluation methods, teachers also set up a communication link to allow teachers to share strategies and experiences to promote STEM education. Anglican Deng Zhaojian Middle School teachers Wu Jianming and Chen emphasized bluntly that the class time is limited, and students will be asked to start when they enter the classroom. In addition, in the past, they have focused on the goal and design when doing the project study, and ignored the thinking process. And plan STEM activities.

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