1. STEM education stories
Rethy CHHEM
CDRI

3. Cultural ecosystem & STEM education
Buddhist logico-epistemology
Pramāṇa-vada
(means of valid cognition)
&
Hetu-vidya
(science of causes)
500CE

4. 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!

5. 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.

7. ASC 2017?

9. Class average: GPA 3.4
6 Cambodian students: GPA 3.6

10. The buzz of STEM education

11. 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.

12. Be a scientist

14. The family
NATURE
Reading
Exploring
Role model

15. The Family
Observing
Testing/Experimenting

16. STEM classroom

17. 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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20. Best models for STEM education
Students success

21. Best models for STEM education -Students success

22. Effective coordination of policies that are already in place
IDP
STEM Policy
TVET Policy
STI Policy

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