Intel ISEF Educator Academy 2009 Taiwan

Intel ISEFEducator Academy

2009Taiwan

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Taiwan

Area:36,000,000 km2

Population:23,000,000

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Taiwan Team1. Prof. Jiun-Huei Proty Wu

• Professor of Dept. of Physics, National Taiwan University • Judge of Taiwan International Science Fair• Committeeman of International Physics Olympiad, Taiwan

2. Dr. Yu-Mei Lee• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Science Education,

National Science Council, Taiwan

3. Dr. Greg Lee• Professor of Dept. of Computer Science, National Taiwan Normal

University • TEAM LEADER, TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN

INFORMATICS TEAM • ADVISOR, NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

4. Ms. Rachel Liu• Intel Education Program Manager, Taiwan

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Educational Environment (2008)

Types

Number

Kinder-

gartens

Primary

Schools

(1-6)

Junior High

(7-9)

Senior High

(10-12)

Schools 3,195 2,654 740 477

Teachers 17,369 100,182 51,729 34,759

Students 185,668 1,677,303 951,976 752,879

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Educational Environment• Test Driven Curriculum • Science and math classes at 1st grade; at 11th

grade, choice of taking Science or Humanity classScience class: Physics, Chemistry and/or Life ScienceHumanity class: World Culture, Humanity and Geography

• 160 credits required for high school graduation• 25% students apply for admission to universities;

75% students take Joint College Entrance Examination.

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Science Fairs

• National Taiwan Science Education Center organizes National Primary & High School Science Fair (NPHSSF) and Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF)

• Most funding comes from the government, also received funding from Intel, KT Lee Foundation for science & technology, GFC & TDK Corporation

• 183 students, 121 projects from 11 countries participating at 2009 TISF

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Science Fairs Biggest obstacles

1. Insufficient government support & funding2. Good quality of projects, involve research &

experimentation3. Low participants ratio compared to the

populations of students4. Schools focus on academic performance &

exams, in general teaching practices do not support project based learning

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2009 Taiwan International Science Fair

• Participating countries: Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand & United States of America.

• Grade 9-12 students; winners of local or national science fairs

• Interested to participate in TISF? Please refer website www.ntsec.gov.tw or email Marianna Fung at [email protected]