Asia Science Educator Academy (ASEA) 2010 ACTION PLAN Template

designed by organizers : KOFAC, Intel Asia, NSM

(MALAYSIA)

Date: Aug 6, 2010

Created by: Roslina Mohd Roslin, Noora@Roslily Mohd Adam, Hasnan Hakim

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Part I: Intro & e-Scan

Team and Education Environment

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Roslina Mohd RoslinPrincipal Assistant DirectorMinistry of EducationSpeaker? NHobby? ReadingEmail: hanafmr@gmail.com

1. Introducing Malaysia Team: Delegates/Speakers

Noora@Roslily Mohd AdamAssistant Principal (Academic)MRSM Pengkalan Chepa (MARA)Speaker? Y (Poster)Hobby? TravelingEmail: roslilyadam@ymail.com

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Hasnan HakimK12 Education Program ManagerIntel MalaysiaSpeaker? NHobby: AikidoEmail: hasnan.hakim@intel.com

1. Introducing Malaysia Team: Delegate/Speaker & Intel Manager

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2. Country Educational Environment– Overall Country Education Environment

• MOE: # of schools 9922, # of students 5.4mil, # of teachers ~410k• MARA : # of schools 45, # of students ~22k, # of teachers ~2.5k• Literacy rate: 89% age 15 & above

– STEM(1)* Education in your country (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. See below speaker note for detail)

– Scope: STEM education for schools only for discussion purpose• Do you have National STEM Master/Development plan in place? No• STEM is one of your national focus? Key STEM goals? Yes.• STEM researches, curriculum, professional development efforts in place?

Innovation is part of co-curriculum academic program for MOE.• How many STEM educators? NA

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* What is the status of Science Fairs in your area?– Existing: Please complete if your country has participated in

Intel ISEF• How many science fairs are held? 3 national level science

fairs (1 MOE, 2 MARA: lower & upper secondary)• How is the community or government involved? MOE &

MARA as organizers• Approximately how many students entered this year, (2009-

2010 academic year)?– MOE: ~300 projects per year, ~30-35 student finalists at national level– MARA: ~400 students, ~200 projects per year

3. Country Science Fairs

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4. Country STEM Education Challenges

• Identifying key challenges in your country esp on STEM education will help you to focus when you build country action plan later: What are the top 3 obstacles and challenges you face in STEM education in your country? (Below are Sample Topics; feel free to choose your own topics; please

identify and summarize only three areas). – Do teaching practices support project based learning? Yes (Science &

Maths classes).– Research as part of the curriculum. MOE: students in co-curricular

activities, teachers in curricular; MARA: part of curricular activities to enrich learning

– Organization and management: Is there district/community/government support? Yes

– Quality of projects: Do projects involve research and experimentation? Yes.

– Quantity of participants: Are you competing with other programs? Yes.

General Challenges

• Lack of awareness/skills among teachers/students of the correct procedure or process of doing research

• Lack of funds and financial support from organizations• Lack of time to complete projects • Lack of mentors in certain areas• Lack of awareness among institutions and community on the

importance of students performing science research especially in rural/remote areas

• Lack of facilities which are related to doing the scientific research

• Too much emphasis on academic goals & grades makes students less interested in participating in science projects

• Some projects are hurried, inadequate research and experimentation

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Part II: Country Action Plan

Advancing STEM Education

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High Level Goals• Long term goals

– Implement student centered, inquiry based learning in and outside the classroom in schools

– Instill awareness and motivate teachers on STEM innovative activities via professional development activities

– Develop support materials/modules/kits for student and teacher– Track alumni (Intel ISEF & others)

• Short term goals– Create platform for sharing experience and best practices:

workshops– Establish network of mentors to assist students– Improve scientific review and judging– Documentation of best cases & practices– Smart partnership with relevant agencies & bodies e.g. MOSTI,

UMW-Toyota, MARA, Universities

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Objectives• How will you know you succeeded?

– # of entries in local or national science fairs– # of wins in international science fairs– # of schools participating in researches– # of people participating in sharing platform (# hits)– # of mentors– # of partners

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Action Plan: Steps to Meet Your Goals and Objectives

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible? Deadline?

Teachers: success sharing session & conference

MOE: 40 head of departmentsMRSM: 10% of teachers from each school

MOE, MARA July 2011

Teachers: materials reviewed & developed

2 themes developed and completed

MOE, MARA Nov 2011 (ongoing)

Smart partnership development: 1 summit

25 participants from relevant bodies & agencies

Intel Feb 2011

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Reflection on ASEA 2010• Highlight what your team felt was the key learning

• Teamwork and sharing is crucial in achieving success• What can be better? Content should be aligned with the relevant tracks

• Which presentations were the most beneficial for your team?• #1 KOFAC: holistic planning STEM strategies• #2 Mariana’s Taiwan: insight into successful deployment of science

fair/program/research• #3 Neves’s Smithsonian: eye-opener of the role it plays in science education in

the world• What would you recommend to improve? Thematic approach, narrower topic,

same audience profile• Which posters were the most beneficial for your team?

• #1 Karen Merrill’s: Resources to support STEM development• #2 Mobile IT: Can be adapted in the remote areas of the country• What would you recommend to improve? Congratulation, good setup• What types of presentations/posters/activities were missing? Continuous

display throughout the seminar

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Continuing The Momentum Built; ASEA2010 Next Steps & Call for your participation

• Organizers will create “Asia Community of Science Educators”: – Would you like to join the community? (If No, pls explain) Yes

• On Day 4, organizers will call for “ASEA2010 Declaration”, asking for continued engagement and collaboration;

• Would you like to participate in the declaration act? (If No, pls explain) Yes if non-binding

– As part of sustaining strategy for ASEA2010, organizers will call for “ASEA Steering Committee” among delegates/speakers/organizers

• Would you like to join the steering committee? (If No, pls explain) No– Steering Committee may provide regular webinars and online

activities, throughout the year until the ASEA2011• Would you like to join the webinars as either speakers or participants? (If No,

pls explain) Yes

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Optional Pictures Slide

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THANK YOULooking forward to building the next ASEA2011

collectively!

Backup

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Educational Environment (MOE)

• Number of schools: ~10,000 schools (Primary-Secondary schools)

• Number of teachers: ~350,000 teachers• Number of students: ~2 million• Uses national curriculum with Science and

Math being taught in English• Division organizes more than 30 science

and math co-curriculum programs

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Educational Environment (MARA)Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM)or MARA Junior Science College was

established under the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development. The first school was built in 1972 in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

National Curriculum is used especially in teaching and learning as well as in designing the scheme of work

All Forms 3 and 5 students are required to sit for the Public Examinations.

Currently, there are :• 33 MRSMs (Forms 1 – 5, aged 13 - 17) (4 premier colleges

and 29 non premier colleges)• Student population : 400 - 750/MRSM. Total : appr 22,000

students• Teacher population : 50 - 80/MRSM. Total : appr 2,284

teachers

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Science Fairs (MOE)• National Science and Engineering Innovation

Project Fair is affiliated with Intel ISEF since 2003

• Annual fair is normally organized in different cities in August-September timeframe

• Approximately 300 project entries each year from schools and 30-35 finalists

• Fair is part of MOE’s science excellence program

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Science Fairs (MARA)• The National MRSM Young Scientist Fair or Tunas Scientist is held in

July every year. It was initiated in 1985

• Has been affiliated with the Intel ISEF Fair since 2002

• Participants are from 33 MRSMs

• Approximately 400 students participated in the national fair of 2008

• SEM (School wide Enrichment Model) is also part of MRSM program under the Talent Development Program.

• About 20% of the mini projects are scientific research