PASSION TO TEACH, CONCEPTUAL MASTERY IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
@iwanpranoto Bincang Edukasi @america, 19 Februari 2013
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Knowing Remembering
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Knowing Summarizing
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Applying …students not used to draw conclusions
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Reasoning - Number Very weak Our students are very good to compute to find the multiplication of two given fraction numbers, but they cannot reason about the multiplication and understand it
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Math & Science Health Report
Our students are very weak in all cognitive
skills requiring information processing
Our students are only mastering the
memorizing level
Scientific habits, like decision making,
seem lacking
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TIMSS 2011: Cognitive Domain
• 378 Knowing
(Remembering & Summarizing)
• 384 Applying (On
similar situation & New situation)
• 388 Reasoning (Analyzing)
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The Culprit: Sans-Reasoning Teaching
“Lack of Knowledge” Education System & Policies
Low Quality Teacher Prof. Development
Pseudomathematics & Pseudoscience
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Passion & Mastery
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STEAM Education Relevance Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics
Passionate and
Mastering Teachers
Quality STEAM
Education
Intellectual-based Nation Development
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Recommendations • Eliminate policies against learning theories • Empower in-service teachers by improving
• STEAM conceptual understanding • Develop passion to STEAM • Conscientization of their roles in nation development
• Enrich schools and students with scientific culture
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Four States performing better than Finland in Math
Massachusetts, Minnesota, North
Carolina, and Indiana
What are the common
characters of these states?
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pakiwan.com
We need a cultural movement
to complete our age of reason
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