Intel ISEF Educator Academy 2009 Taiwan

2 Taiwan Area:36,000,000 km 2 Population:23,000,000

3 Taiwan Team 1. 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

4 Educational Environment (2008) Types Number Kinder- gartens Primary Schools (1-6) Junior High (7-9) Senior High (10-12) Schools3,1952, Teachers17,369100,18251,72934,759 Students185,6681,677,303951,976752,879

5 Educational Environment Test Driven Curriculum Science and math classes at 1st grade; at 11th grade, choice of taking Science or Humanity class Science class: Physics, Chemistry and/or Life Science Humanity 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.

6 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

7 Science Fairs Biggest obstacles 1.Insufficient government support & funding 2.Good quality of projects, involve research & experimentation 3.Low participants ratio compared to the populations of students 4.Schools focus on academic performance & exams, in general teaching practices do not support project based learning

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 or Marianna Fung at