Teacher In-Service Program The South African Experience September 2008 Nico Beute

National Development needs Shortage of engineers in South Africa as in many developing countries –Engineers are needed to provide the infrastructure needed for development Need for career guidance Enlarge pool of school leavers equipped to study engineering –High drop out rate of engineering students –Many other careers need maths, science and technology Improve problem solving skills of learners

The Immediate Objectives Train IEEE volunteers to train pre-university teachers, so that the teachers can be more effective in bringing engineering and engineering design into the classroom. Train IEEE volunteers to approach the school system in order to make the teacher training possible. Make this activity sustainable and long-term.

TISP in South Africa –Training workshop held on 4-5 August 2006 –Approximately 90 participants 60 engineers 30 from education departments –Excellent participation of Education Departments both during planning stage and follow up workshops –About 400 teachers were involved in the programme during 2006

We tried to meet the needs of South African Education Departments We listen to what educators say We try to understand educational principles We co-operate with educators, and do not try to tell them what to do Practical examples help the school child to understand difficult concepts Show them what an engineer does

What we have achieved and what we want to achieve in South Africa Workshop on 4 and 5 August was attended by 60 keen engineers and 30 officials from the National Department and most provincial Education departments After the workshop we sent questionnaires to participants asking if they are still committed Engineers in South Africa are ready and keen to help our teachers. This is proved by the feedback after the workshop We now have regular planning meetings for follow up workshops for teachers The educational challenge in the technological field in SA is enormous - but we are ready to face it

Purpose of TISP Workshops For Educators and Engineers to join forces to: Present Selected Lesson Plans Evaluate Lesson Plans Suggest improvements Plan Training Sessions Identify Presenters for Training Sessions

Presenters for Teacher Training In-Service Programmes for 2007 IEEE / SAIEE / SAIMechE / DoE VenueLesson PlanPresentersSponsor TISP Workshop Cape Town 5&6 Aug CAD 2.Give me a Brake 3.Give Binary a Try 4.The Dumpy Level 5.Bridge Building 1.Jaco Myburg and Willem Goodchild 2.Hugh Jeffery and Benny Trollip 3.Vaughn Stone and Jan Randewijk 4.Andre Fourie 5.Johan van Staden Tri-CAD Education SAIMechE SAIEE & WCED Gauteng Education Subject advisor training Gauteng Sept CAD 2.Give me a Brake 3.Give Binary a Try 4.The Dumpy Level 5.Bridge Building 1.Jaco Myburg 2.Jan Mostert and 3.Rina Mostert and Suliman Loonat 4.Andre Fourie 5.Johan van Staden Subject advisor training Cape Town 10 – 14 Sept CAD 2.Give me a Brake 3.Give Binary a Try 4.The Dumpy Level 5.Bridge Building 1.Jaco Myburg 2.Hugh Jeffery and 3.Vaughn Stone and Jan Randewijk 4. Andre Fourie 5.Johan van Staden Teacher Training Gauteng 24 – 29 Sept CAD 2.Give me a Brake 3.Give Binary a Try 4.The Dumpy Level 5.Bridge Building 1. Jaco Myburg 2. Jan Mostert and 3. Mdu Ngema and Suliman Loonat 4. Andre Fourie 5. Johan van Staden Teacher Training KwaZulu Natal 24 – 29 Sept CAD 2.Give me a Brake 3.Give Binary a Try 4.The Dumpy Level 5.Bridge Building 1.Jaco Myburg 2.David Kyereahene-Mensah and 3.Vaughn Stone and 4.Johan Fourie 5.Johan van Staden

TISP Activities in SA in 2008 IEEE volunteer took TISP to his employer –Held planning meetings in Eastern Cape –Involved the social responsibilities person –TISP Sessions with 14 fellow employees –Now initiating TISP in other branches of company Held meetings with all education departments to organise TISP workshop in November Workshop in Nov will set dates for TISP sessions with teachers nationally

What leads to success? Involve Education Departments It needs a driver – –an engineer and someone in education –on national scale, on regional scale Being from a university opens doors Be a catalyst- involve others –eg SAIEEE, SAIME, ECSA, Companies & University Get volunteers who believe in it Target volunteers Get funding – travel & material –IEEE,SAIEE, SAIME, Companies, Universities Get an active planning team

Now for 2008 and 2009 We do it for our youth The future of our country Thank you for participating