+ WELCOME! The IEEE Teacher In-Service Program in Shenzhen 7-8 July 2009

+ 2 Agenda TimeItemPresenter 9:00Formal Welcome 9:30Keynote AddressYuen-Yan (Rosanna) Chan 10:15Build Your Own Robot Arm Moshe Kam and Doug Gorham 12:00Lunch 13:30How to work with the pre-university System Ramon Doon and Bill Chau

+ 3 Agenda TimeItemPresenter 14:15Breakout Group Planning Oliver Ban 15:00Breakout Group Reports 16:00SummaryDoug Gorham and Oliver Ban 16:15Adjournment

+ 4 Agenda TimeItemPresenter 3:00IntroductionsDoug Gorham and Oliver Ban 3:05Why We Are HereMoshe Kam 4:00Challenges and Opportunities in the Pre-university System in China Panel 5:15TISP lesson plansMoshe Kam 6:00Adjournment and Dinner

+ Why Are We Here? Introduction by Moshe Kam IEEE Educational Activities July 2009 Teacher In Service Program in China

+ 6 Speaker: Moshe Kam Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA IEEE Volunteer for approximately 30 years Served IEEE as Vice President for Educational Activities and as Region Director Currently chairs… the New Initiatives Committee the Global Accreditation Committee

+ 7 7 Outline Our Organization: IEEE IEEE’s Educational Activities Why and how is IEEE interested in promoting engineering in the pre- university education system in China? What do we plan to do in this workshop? What are the long term benefits and expectations?

+ 8 Our Organization – IEEE An international professional association dedicated to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering as well as computer science, the allied branches of engineering, and related arts and sciences Established 125 years ago Operating in 150 countries

+ 9 Our Organization – IEEE Has approximately 380,000 members The largest technical professional association in the world $350M annual budget Headquarter in New York City, NY, USA Employs approximately 1000 staff members

10 IEEE Membership By Region 31 December 2007 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R8 and R10 are now the two largest IEEE Regions R9 – 15,410 R8 – 64,976 R10 67,157 R1 to 6 – 212,838 R7 – 15,947 R1 – 37,973 R2 – 32,363 R3 – 30,782 R4 – 23,555 R5 – 29,020 R6 – 59,145

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+ 12 IEEE volunteers Key to IEEE success About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a week to the organization Local Section Chair Associate editor of a Journal Member of the Financial Committee of the Technical Activities Board Chair of a committee that develops a Standard

+ 13 The organization is run by volunteers From the President and CEO to the local Section Chair, major decisions are made by volunteers An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers estimated $2bn-$3bn IEEE volunteers Leah Jamieson 2007 President, Indiana, USA Pedro Ray 2010 President, Puerto Rico

+ 14 IEEE’s principal activities (1) Organizing the professional community Based on geographic distribution and areas of interest Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

+ 15 IEEE’s principal activities (2) Developing technical standards Approximately 900 standards at present Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public Including students and teachers in the pre- university system Improving understanding of engineering technology and computing by the public Recognizing the leaders of the profession Awards and membership grades

+ 16 What are we trying to do… …advance global prosperity by Fostering technological innovation Enabling members' careers Promoting community worldwide for the benefit of humanity and the profession

+ 17 Key to success: early recognition of new fields In 1884 – power engineering In 1912 – communications In 1942 – computing In 1962 – digital communications In 1972 – networking In 1982 – clean energy In 1992 – nanotechnology In 2002 – engineering and the life sciences

+ 18 Sample Activities: Regional Organizations IEEE organizes professionals in its fields of interest into local Sections There are 330 local Sections worldwide There are 11 Sections associated with China 12,235 members – including 999 undergraduate students and 2,507 Graduate Student Members 167 Fellows

+ 19 Highest participation in societies in China IEEE Computer Society IEEE Communication Society IEEE Power and Energy Society

+ 20 Membership SectionUndergraduate Students Graduate Students Total Members Beijing Chengdu Harbin Hong Kong Macau Nanjing Shanghai Tainan Taipei Wuhan Xian Total

+ 21 Sample Activities: Standards IEEE develops standards in several areas, including: Power and Energy Transportation Biomedical and Healthcare Nanotechnology Information Technology Information Assurance

+ 22 More Specific Standardization Areas Intelligent highway systems and vehicular technology Distributed generation renewable energy Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange Rechargeable Batteries for PCs Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Issuing and Management Components Architecture for Encrypted Shared Media Organic Field Effect Technology

+ Sample Activities: Education TryEngineering.org An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

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IEEE’s pre-university education portal For students, parents, teachers and school counselors A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science Non-IEEE investment of approximately $2.5M US/Canada version was launched on June 2006

29 TryEngineering.org A portal for school counselors, teachers, parents and students University search By location, program, environment 25 countries, 1739 universities Explore Engineering – Discipline Descriptions, Day in the Life of an Engineer, Preparation Tips Virtual Games54 lesson plans for teaching engineering design Ask an Expert – Ask an Engineer, Ask a Student Undergraduate Student Advice E-NewsletterStudent opportunities – summer camps, fellowships, etc. 29

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+ 32 Most Requested Lesson Plans Build your own robot arm Series and Parallel Circuits Pulleys and Force Cracking the Code (bar codes) Electric Messages Adaptive Devices

+ 33 University Searches: 25 Countries Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada France Germany India Ireland Japan Korea Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Pakistan Portugal Russia Singapore South Africa Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States

Languages 中文 Chinese DeutschGerman EspañolSpanish FrançaisFrench 邦人 Japanese PortuguêsPortuguese русскийRussian

35 TryEngineering Progress Available in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese Statistics (as of 1 April 2009) 2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 4.5 MILLION HITS IN ,193 = average # of visitors per month 67,006 = highest number of total unique visitors (May 08) 248,951 = average # of page hits per month 9838 = average number of university searches per month 4228 = questions submitted to Ask an Expert 14197= the average number of lesson plans downloaded per month Visitors come from the US, India, China, Canada, UK and scores of other countries

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+ Sample Activities: Education Teacher In Service Program An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

+ 38 The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre- university teachers Based on approved Lesson Plans Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Designed to highlight engineering design principles

+ 39 The Teacher In Service Program Train volunteers IEEE Section Members IEEE Student Members Teachers and Instructors …using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with Teachers Teachers will conduct training sessions with Students IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

+ 40 Our Overall TISP Goals Empower IEEE Section “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering

+ 41 Our Overall TISP Goals Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

+ Why TISP in China? Why is China of Interest to IEEE Educational Activities?

+ 43 OECD PISA Program OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Established Countries Budget: Euro 303M PISA = Programme for International Student Assessment

+ 44 Objectives of PISA Are students well prepared for future challenges? Can they analyze, reason and communicate effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life? Surveys of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized countries. Every three years, it assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society Review of OECD Statistics (PISA 2006)

+ 45 Review of OECD Statistics (PISA 2006) To the extent that PISA tests were given in China the results were very good. The analytical abilities of students from China in PISA tests were significantly higher than average. Source: PISA 2006

+ 46 Science Scores Finland Hong Kong-China Canada Chinese Taipei Estonia Japan New Zealand Australia Netherlands Liechtenstein Korea Slovenia Germany United Kingdom Czech Republic Switzerland Macao-China Austria Belgium Ireland Hungary Sweden Poland Denmark France Croatia Iceland Latvia United States Slovak Republic Spain Lithuania Norway Luxembourg Russian Federation Italy Portugal Greece Israel Chile Serbia Bulgaria Uruguay Turkey Jordan Thailand Romania Montenegro Mexico Indonesia Argentina Brazil Colombia Tunisia Azerbaijan Qatar Kyrgyzstan Finland Hong Kong-China Canada Chinese Taipei Estonia Japan New Zealand Australia Netherlands Liechtenstein Korea Slovenia Germany United Kingdom Czech Republic Switzerland Macao-China Austria Belgium Ireland Hungary Sweden Poland Denmark France Croatia Iceland Latvia United States Slovak Republic Spain Lithuania Norway Luxembourg Russian Federation Italy Portugal Greece Israel Chile Serbia Bulgaria Uruguay Turkey Jordan Thailand Romania Montenegro Mexico Indonesia Argentina Brazil Colombia Tunisia Azerbaijan Qatar Kyrgyzstan Top Bottom

+ 47 Knowledge about Science * Source: PISA 2006 Chinese students are consistently above the OECD average * *

+ 48 Distribution of student performance on the science scale Chinese students are consistently above the OECD average * Source: PISA 2006 * *

+ 49 Distribution of student performance on the science scale Chinese students are consistently above the OECD average * Source: PISA 2006 * *

+ 50 Mean score on the knowledge about science and on the knowledge of science scales Chinese student scores are relatively high Source: PISA 2006

+ 51 Mathematics Score Source: PISA 2006

+ 52 Areas where improvement is called for Hands-on experience for students Experimentation Research Innovation Based on IEEE analysis, available literature, and conversations with colleagues in China

+ 53 The Objective is to provide hands-on experience More physical experiments To complement analytical studies and replace computer simulations Direct experience in building and testing of models Emphasis on innovation and individual research Analysis of results from experiments and feedback into design and testing of new alternatives Direct experience with constraints on materials and costs Where students from China may benefit is in…

+ What are we going to do here today and tomorrow? IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

The Teacher in Service Program “Engineering in the Classroom”

+ 56 The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers Based on approved Lesson Plans Prepared by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Associated with Education Standards Designed to highlight engineering design principles The cost is less than $100 for a class of 30

+ 57 The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topic How to build a balanced mobile (rotational equilibrium) How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design) The lesson plans are geared toward pre- university students and are tested in the classroom

+ 58 How does it work? Volunteers of an IEEE Section organize a TISP training event Such as what we are doing here today EAB provides logistical support and instructors Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training With teachers and school administrators Volunteers spread the program in their school districts

+ 59 Volunteer Training Key questions to be discussed in training: How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using the TISP lesson plans? How to approach the school system to engage teachers? How to align a lesson plan with local education criteria? Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

+ 60 After The Training… IEEE volunteers work with the school system to conduct training sessions for teachers Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students IEEE participates in paying for the program In the first year, EAB pays the materials and supplies expenses for TISP sessions for teachers In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the IEEE Section IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

+ 61 Lesson plans The lesson plans are organized in two versions For the teacher For the student The lesson plans need to be aligned with educational standards

+ 62 Sample Lesson Plans Build a better candy bag Rotational Equilibrium (mobile) Understand and apply bar codes

+ 63 Lesson Plans Everything You Wanted to Know About Electric Motors But Were Afraid to Ask Rocket Cars and Newton’s Laws Effective Lighting Get Connected with Ohm’s Law Design and Build Your Own Robot Arm Learn to Program and Test Robots for Classroom Use

Give Binary A TryComputer arithmetic and ALU design Hand Biometrics TechnologyBiometrics Sail AwayWatercraft design Simple Kitchen MachinesSimple Machines Dispenser DesignsDesign: user satisfaction, costs, materials Engineering Ups and DownsElevators Build a Big WheelFerris Wheels Lesson Plans

+ 65 Sort it Out Sticky Engineering Challenge Ship the Chip Move That Lighthouse! A Question of Balance Program Your Own Game Engineering Air Traffic Pipeline Challenge Infrared Investigations Hull Engineering Engineered Sports Engineered Memory Wind Tunnel Testing Lesson Plans

+ 66 Teacher In-Service Program Presentations To date, over 120 TISP presentations have been conducted by IEEE volunteers TISP presentations have reached over 3000 pre-university educators This reach represents more than 316,000 students each academic year

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Boston Indianapolis Putrajaya, Malaysia Cape Town Piura, Peru Rio de Janeiro Baltimore Dallas

Los Angeles San Francisco Cordoba (Argentina) Port of Spain Shenzhen Montreal Montevideo Guayaquil, Ecuador San Juan, PR

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+ 71 Montevideo, May A full-scale TISP training for volunteers We trained a large number of teachers We are looking for volunteers who will follow up and take the activities to the schools Success of the program will be measured by the number of pre-university students that it reaches

+ 72 Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov A training session for student branches Based on the success of the student branch session in Piura, Peru A new TISP model Will it work in China? T

+ 73 What are we going to do here? Demonstrate one (1) lesson plan: “Build your own robot arm” Discuss trends in pre-university education Consider how to develop and use the TISP in China Have Fun!

+ 74 Who is in the audience? Teachers from the Pre-university system University-level educators and decision makers IEEE members, volunteers, staff Government officials and decision makers

+ 75 Expectations from IEEE Volunteers Organize TISP sessions with pre-university teachers in your locale Communicate with EAB for information exchange and funding Organize a task force within the IEEE China Section structure to make TISP a permanent program in China In cooperation with universities and the government Arrange for budgeting through Region 10, and the IEEE Boards (MGAB, EAB)

+ 76 Expectations from Teachers Use the TISP approach in your classroom Work with the IEEE local Sections to organize TISP training sessions for teachers Report to the Section what lessons have been learnt from the program Indicate what lesson plans were or were not successful, and what additional lesson plans would be required

+ 77 Our Overall TISP Goals Empower IEEE Section “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre- university educators Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre- university students Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

+ 78 Questions or Comments?