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Intel ISEF Educator AcademyMay 2011
Taiwan
Taiwan
Nelson Nan-Shyan Chu
Director General National
Taiwan Science Education Center
nelson@mail.ntsec.gov.tw
Chun-Yen Chang
Research Chair Prof. & Director of
Sci. Edu. Center National Taiwan Normal
University
changcy@ntnu.edu.tw
Rachel Liu
Intel Education Program Manager, Taiwan
rachel.p.liu@intel.com
Proty Jiun-Huei Wu
Physics ProfessorsNational Taiwan University
jhpw@phys.ntu.edu.tw
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Taiwan
Area:36,000,000 km2
Population:23,000,000
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Educational Environment 2010
Types
Number
Kindergartens
PrimarySchools
(1-6)
Junior High(7-9)
Senior High
(10-12)
Colleges & Universities
Schools 3,283 2,661 740 491 163
Teachers 14,630 99,541 51,991 53,163 50,684
Students 183,901 1,519,456 919,802 763,156 1,343,603
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Science Fairs
1. Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF) & Select finalists to participate international science fairs, such as Intel ISEF, CWSF…• Grade 9-12 students• 15 countries, 493 students and 253 projects competing in 2011 TISF
2. National Primary & High School Science Fair (NPHSSF)• School fairs →Regional fairs→National fair (NPHSSF)• ~80,000 students and 20,000 projects participating in school fairs
every year
Organized by National Taiwan Science Education Center
(under the Ministry of Education)
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Top 3 Challenges
– Teaching practices do not support project based learning; conducting research is not part of the curriculum except very few schools with talent programs
– Schools focus on academic performance; low ratio of science fair participants compared to the total population of students.
– lacking research scientists or professional staffs to fully participate the implementation of STEM educational programs
Science Fairs, math and science curriculum
Taiwan STEM Education Challenges
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Taiwan International Science Fair
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Taiwan International Science Fair
Interested to participate in TISF?
Please refer to website
http://en.ntsec.gov.tw/User/Article.aspx?a=14
or email
Marianna Fung
fung@mail.ntsec.gov.tw