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Action Plan Intel ISEF 2012 Educator Academy May 2012. Sri Lanka. High Level Goals. What we want to accomplish for Sri Lanka Long term goals (3-5 years) Every secondary school in the country to participate at national science and engineering competitions
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Action PlanIntel ISEF 2012Educator AcademyMay 2012 Sri Lanka
High Level Goals • What we want to accomplish for Sri Lanka • Long term goals (3-5 years) • Every secondary school in the country to participate at national science and engineering competitions • Make research based projects an important part of school curriculum • Develop an online registration process for competitions • Short term goals (1-2 years) • Promote JIY, SRPC, SLSEF and Intel ISEF among schools • Strengthen local competitions with workshops • Improve scientific review and judging process • Prepare students to be competitive at Intel ISEF 2013 • Establishment of Intel ISEF alumni
Objectives • Results we expect as proof of success: • Number of students participating at national science and engineering competitions increased to 5,000 in 5 years • 50% of the projects to show evidence of scientific research methodology • Train judges to improve quality of assessment and thus improve selection at national competitions • Students to be competitive at Intel ISEF 2013
Intel ISEF Educator Academy • Key learning from the Educator Academy • Inquiry based learning, research based science curriculum, Intel future scientist programme, • Most beneficial Shop Talks for team • Creating a culture of research within your school – Amanda Alonzo • How to present your self and deal effectively with the media – Jack Franchetti • Types of Shop Talks missing • Reflective thinking • Elements of data analysis
Sri Lanka Team Prof. Rezvi Sheriff Chairperson SRC SLSEF, Senior Professor of Medicine, University of Colombo, Councilor International Society of Nephrology rezvi.sheriff@gmail.com Eng. J. Meegoda Chairperson Junior Inventor of the Year Competition Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) jmeegoda@gmail.com Ms. Nadeera Jayaweera Scientific Officer National Science Foundation (NSF) nadeera@nsf.ac.lk