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Closing speech at the 2nd Scientix Conference in Brussels, Belgium, 24-26 October 2014.
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STEM Challenges in Europe – Innovative STEM teaching – 2nd Scientix conference
Marc Durando – Brussels - 26 October 2014
Situation of STEM in Education – Shortages and attractiveness
Career prospects
(compared to other sectors)
3 Major Issues
New pedagogicalapproaches
Attractiveness in Europe
for STEM studies
Shortages apply to almost all technical jobs, including ICT
No shortage of biologists - shortages of mathematicians and physicists
Shortage of teachers for physics and mathematics in a lot of countries.
Too low percentage of girls opting for STEM studies.
Curricula are «over stuffed» with factual content –More & more topics while few are removed
PedagogyText based – factual recall Exploratory learning modes (ISBE)
What is the relevance of content to the pupils’ lives and future careers? Pupils fail to see how STEM relates to society’s current challenges
(climate change, energy, …)
STEM in schools
4 major questions
•How can STEM teaching and learning be reformed?
•How to enhance engagement and uptake of STEM studies
Attractiveness of STEM
•How can educators and industry fight the main stereotypes around STEM education and careers?
Stereotypes
•How can educators be supported in implementing innovative approaches to STEM education?
STEM Educators and
Innovation
•How can all stakeholders cooperate more effectively to tackle the STEM challenge in a more holistic way ?
Cooperation
How to make STEM studies more attractive - 3 key inter related factors
Motivated and
recognisedteachers
Innovative pedagogy
and creative curriculum
Role and engagement of industry
• In service training of teachers
• Provide teachers with new content, tools and pedagogical approaches (access to new learning resources)
• Embed actions in the curriculum
• Identify and promote examples of good practices (transferability)
• Importance of role models
• Better information to teachers on what exists, on what industry offers, etc.
• Role of guidance counselors
Education
sytems
Potential
adoption of
innovations
in our
systemsTechnology
Curriculum
Pedagogy
Teaching
processes
Assessment
Digital Text books
Open Educational
Resources
Flipped classroom
Self directed learning
In and out school learning processes
IWB - 1:1 – tablets
Mobile learning
BYOD
eExams
Use of laptops & Access to internet
Learning analytics
Governance
Autonomy – flexibility curriculum
Administration – Cloud computing
eSafety
Innovation in school education – a complex process
Michael Fullan – Stratosphere - 2013
Innovative education systems
Innovation challenges
Innovative school
Global approach
Innovative teachers
INNOVATION CHALLENGES
Challenges of teachers
•Aging population – 1/3 > 50 years
•Gap between students and teachers is growingAge
•Is the current offer of in-service training programmes meeting the needs of teachers ?
•Are our primary teachers well prepared for teaching STEM?
•Should the pre service training programme be reviewed?
Training
•The most innovative teachers are not necessarily the youngest ones
Technology
•Retention rate after 3 years
•Less and less candidates for becoming teachers (more for STEM teachers).
Vocation
A quantitative challenge
3.000.000+
missing teachers (UNESCO)
Also a challenge
at EU level
60% of teachers
above 40 years-
old
«Efficient
professionals»
New training
models better
preparing for
practice
A qualitative challenge
Attractiveness
Young teachers
leave the
profession after
less than 3
years
Teacher training for the 21st century
Teachers
able to
Teachers
competence
to be
developed
Knowledge
about
students
Organise
productive
learning
processes
Assessment
competence
Learning
conditions
design
Subject
knowledge
Evaluate
themselves
the impact
of their
teaching
Represent
ideas in
powerful
ways
Support
student’s
deep
learning
21st
century
teaching
How to train a teacher to be an efficient professional?
Teachers
able to
Teachers
competence
to be
developed
Knowledge
about
students
Organise
productive
learning
processes
Assessment
competence
Learning
conditions
design
Subject
knowledge
Evaluate
themselves
the impact
of their
teaching
Represent
ideas in
powerful
ways
Support
student’s
deep
learning
21st
century
teaching
Online videos,
data logging tools,
simulations, etc.
Digital self assessment,
Online quizzes and tests,
big data, etc.
Flipped classroom,
collective learning,
etc.
Big data, online surveys,
data logging analysis, etc.
How to use technology to get there?
Factors influencing young people decision to study STEM - Motivation
Motivation
Interest and
pleasure
Beliefs in ones ability
Identification
Utility
Relative costs
Constraints related to access
and limited choice
Course subject
Study Option
Decision by others
• Teachers are at the heart of the change
• Teachers as innovators – adapt to rapid changes in digital technology and on student needs
• Teachers as the orchestrator of the learning processes
• Collaborative learning with peers - Untapped potential of current teachers communities
• Inspiring teachers
The important role of teachers
5 main recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
Embed non formal initiatives in school
activity
Learn from and build on excellent
opportunities
More support to STEM teachers
Establish and Enhance Multi Stakeholders Partnerships
Enhance and reform STEM curricula, pedagogy and
assessment
What is an efficient teacher in the 21st century?
A professional with a high judgment capacity in
situation
Teaching today is about being a
reflective professional teacher(Donald Schön)
The professional teacher
is one who learns from teaching
rather than
one who has finished learning how to teachLinda Darling-Hammond,
Stanford Graduate School of Education
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an
equal opportunity to develop our talent.
John F. Kennedy
The essential role of teachers
A Teacher50 years old
Knowledge acquired 25/30 years ago Student will use in 10/15 years
The communication period of the knowledge is therefore around 40years, which means twice as long as any period which measures thekey transformations of our society
Timeframe