STEM education stories Rethy CHHEM CDRI
Cultural ecosystem & STEM education Buddhist logico-epistemology Pramāṇa-vada (means of valid cognition) & Hetu-vidya (science of causes) 500CE
The Kālāma Sutta Sound logical reasoning and arguments for inquiries in the practice that relates to the discipline of seeking truth, wisdom and knowledge. Proper assessment of evidence!
Science Buddhism Observation Experiment Critical thinking Acceptance of disagreement Vipassana: seeing things as they really are “Everyone is responsible to think for himself, using reason and logic” Metta is the tolerance to disagreement with others.
Cambodians @ ASC 2017?
Class average: GPA 3.4 6 Cambodian students: GPA 3.6
The buzz of STEM education
Applied and Integrated teaching and learning of S.T.E.M. What is STEM? What is NOT STEM? 2 KEY WORDS Applied and Integrated teaching and learning of S.T.E.M.
Be a scientist
The family NATURE Reading Exploring Role model
The Family Observing Testing/Experimenting
STEM classroom
The ideal STEM teacher Great STEM lessons Real-world issues and problems Guided by the engineering design process Immerse students in hands-on inquiry and open-ended exploration Involve students in productive teamwork. Apply rigorous math and science content that students are learning Allow for multiple right answers and reframe failure as a necessary part of learning
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Best models for STEM education Students success
Best models for STEM education -Students success
Effective coordination of policies that are already in place IDP STEM Policy TVET Policy STI Policy
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