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Tackling STEM Challenges in Europe
Alexa Joyce
02/05/2012
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Dedicated to
Support schools in bringing about the best use
of technology in learning
Promote the Europeandimension in schools
and education
Improve and raise the quality of education
in Europe
Network of 31 Ministriesof Education in Europe
What is European Schoolnet (EUN)?
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Three strands of activity
EUN Activities
Policy and Practice: Innovation and
exchange
School networkingand services – Validation and
support
Interoperability andcontent exchange – Resource platform
Three mains Strands of activities
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• Europe is training too few scientists, technology experts and engineers– Asian countries train twice as many scientists
compared to European member states, and three times as many engineers.
• Europe’s highest scientific achievers – Finnish students – outperformed by Chinese students in Shanghai and Hong Kong
• Downward trend in choice of scientific higher education and career paths: Need for structural change
Focus on STEM Education
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European students: low interest in scienceHorizontal axis: Human Development IndexVertical axis: Scores on questions designed to measure positive attitudes towards studying science
Svein Sjoberg, University of Oslo: Project ROSE
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Motivated and recognised teachers
Innovative pedagogyand creative curriculum
• In-service training and support• Access to new resources and contents
•Embed actions in the curriculum.•Identify and promote transferable good
practice.
Schoolnet’s Approach
Industry engagement
Assess how industry can help:•Better understanding of science studies
and jobs (role models, visits, ..)
•Motivation: link to real life/societal issues
•Decision making on career choices
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From good practices to structural changes
European Coordinating Body for Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths Education
(inGenious)•8.3 M Euro investment – 50% from EC, 50% from industry•Federate key players at national and international level •16 multi-national companies via European Round Table of Industrialists + 10 Ministries/national science education platforms/universities/federations & associations•New partners can join any time
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Bring teachers and industry together to excite students about STEM, by
•Demonstrating how science and technology skills can help young people get jobs
•Enhancing the perception of school science and showing how cutting edge science and technology contributes to students’ lives
•Giving a more realistic view of scientific jobs, to fight stereotypes and encourage women and minorities to consider scientific careers
inGenious objectives
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Education–Industry cooperation addressing
AttractivenessIn STEM
Supporting and federating
national initiatives
OfferingEuropeanExchange platform
Multistakeholder initiative
inGenious in a nutshell
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inGenious in a nutshell
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Supporting and federating
national initiatives
inGenious in a nutshell
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Immediate actions
Policy and Practices observatory
Core network of pilot schools for validation
Dissemination and engagement of extended network
Experts and teachers scientific committee/ Strategic group
Associate Partners
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Who’s involved in InGenious?
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Future participation in STEM studies and careers
“Finally student motivation and interest remains relatively low because they struggle to link school STEM experiences to their lives.”
Intel White Paper - Science, technology, engineering and mathematics education: Overcoming challenges in Europe
EUN (2012), in collaboration with Intel
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White Paper on STEM Education
• Outlines state of STEM education in the EMEA region and reasons why the region’s future competitiveness in innovation is in peril
• STEM skills gap in European EMEA countries compared to other regions across the globe is widening: in Asian countries STEM students can account for up to 20% of the student population, whereas in Europe, this percentage is only around 2%.
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• Proposes a systemic approach based on partnership to address multiple and complex factors at stake
White Paper on STEM Education
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Need for partnership
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• Suggests steps locally and across participating countries in order to benchmark
• Highlights the role of science fairs and events in stimulating interest in STEM topics and careers , and the importance of equipping teachers in the context of a fast changing STEM industry and research scenario
• Outlines key priorities and successful models for scaling up STEM activities within the informal field as well as the formal education system
• Formulates a set of 5 recommendations to mainstream islands of innovation and deploy a systemic approach
White Paper conclusions...
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• Recommendation 1: Establish and enhance sustainable multi-stakeholder partnerships to combine forces to tackle the challenges of STEM education
• Recommendation 2: Enhance and reform STEM curricula, pedagogy and assessment
• Recommendation 3: Embed science fairs and festivals in the mainstream of school activity
• Recommendation 4: Offer more support to STEM teachers
• Recommendation 5: Learn from and build on excellent approaches
…and recommendations
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