Our Research Assistant Gizem Güzeller Attended UNESCO IBE STEM Training...
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Our research assistant Gizem Güzeller participated in STEM professional development program organized in Istanbul between August 19-30 with the cooperation of Mektebim - UNESCO IBE. The program continued for ten days started with IBE-UNESCO Director Dr. Mmantsetse Marope's speech on the impact of the industrial revolution 4.0, the transition to competency-based education and the importance of STEM. Dr. Marope noted in her opening remarks, “until operationalized through effective teaching and learning, the curriculum is just a document on a shelf”. The program continued with presentations by IBE experts from different fields such as Dr. Jennifer Childress Self, Professor Louise Hayward, Dr. Yanghee Kim, Mr. Joseph Merlino and Harri Ketamo.
Throughout the program, articulating a common vision and conceptual understanding of STEM; integrated STEM curriculum for 4.0; computational thinking (CT) through problem solving; exploring creative computing; active learning across the curriculum; making STEM relevant and accessible; lesson design for abstraction; using robotics to facilitate collaborative learning; supporting learner engagement and motivation; facilitating deep and lasting learning; enabling learners to build conceptual frames and to develop future generic and STEM-specific competences; supporting learners to adopt a STEM-perspective in their learning, life, and work; articulating developmental progressions from beginners to STEM experts; using developmental progressions to guide assessment; focusing on assessment as integral to effective teaching and learning; using assessment to gather evidence on developmental progressions and to encourage progression; learning progression in STEM; AI in education; implementing AI in teacher lesson planning; gamification in learning; machine learning; etc. were discussed.
