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Intel ISEF Educator Academy May 2011

Taiwan. Intel ISEF Educator Academy May 2011. 1. 1. Taiwan. Nelson Nan- Shyan Chu Director General National Taiwan Science Education Center nelson@mail.ntsec.gov.tw. Chun-Yen Chang Research Chair Prof. ＆ Director of Sci. Edu . Center National Taiwan Normal University

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Intel ISEF Educator Academy May 2011

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  1. Taiwan Intel ISEF Educator AcademyMay 2011 1 1

  2. Taiwan Nelson Nan-Shyan Chu Director General National Taiwan Science Education Center nelson@mail.ntsec.gov.tw Chun-Yen Chang Research Chair Prof. ＆ Director of Sci. Edu. Center National Taiwan Normal University changcy@ntnu.edu.tw Rachel Liu Intel Education Program Manager, Taiwan rachel.p.liu@intel.com Proty Jiun-Huei Wu Physics Professors National Taiwan University jhpw@phys.ntu.edu.tw

  3. Taiwan Area:36,000,000 km2 Population:23,000,000 3

  4. Educational Environment 2010

  5. Science Fairs Organized by National Taiwan Science Education Center (under the Ministry of Education) 1. Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF) & Select finalists to participate international science fairs, such as Intel ISEF, CWSF… • Grade 9-12 students • 15 countries, 493 students and 253 projects competing in 2011 TISF 2. National Primary & High School Science Fair (NPHSSF) • School fairs→Regional fairs→National fair (NPHSSF) • ~80,000 students and 20,000projects participating in school fairs every year

  6. Science Fairs, math and science curriculum Taiwan STEM Education Challenges Top 3 Challenges • Teaching practices do not support project based learning; conducting research is not part of the curriculum except very few schools with talent programs • Schools focus on academic performance; low ratio of science fair participants compared to the total population of students. • lacking research scientists or professional staffs to fully participate the implementation of STEM educational programs

  7. Taiwan International Science Fair 7

  8. Taiwan International Science Fair Interested to participate in TISF? Please refer to website http://en.ntsec.gov.tw/User/Article.aspx?a=14 or email Marianna Fung fung@mail.ntsec.gov.tw 8

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