Action Plan Intel ISEF 2010

Educator AcademyMay 2010

Serbia

Katarina PETROVIĆ

Tijana KNEŽEVIĆ

Olimpius ISTRATE

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High Level Goals• Long term goals

– Enhance science education in high schools

– Increase enrollment in science programs at university level

– Enable teachers to get involved in research through training and support

– Developing a system for talent identification, tracking and support

• Short term goals– Start a new fair building on existing resources

– Support and motivate students to do research projects

– Support science teachers who have students doing science activities

– Create support system for students within the research community

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Action Plan – Goal 1: Start a new fair building on existing resources

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible? Deadline?

Preparation work: establish timelines, responsibilities, standards, committee of partners, procedures

• All documents prepared in Serbian and according to ISEF standards

• Fair committee formed (MoE, Science centers, leading researchers, science teachers and sponsors)

Ministry of Science and Technological Development

Aug 2010

Organize first national science fair

• All highschools in Serbia invited to participate in the fair

• At least 50 projects submitted

• At least 50 researchers involved in the process

• National media coverage

Fair Committee Febr 2011

Analysis and follow up • Evaluation of participants satisfaction

• Improvement of procedures• Reports and timeline for the

next year sent to schools

Fair Committee & the MSTD

Mar 2011

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Action Plan – Goal 2: Support and motivate students to do research projects

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible? Deadline?

In-depth analysis on science education in Serbia

• Report & recommendations • Ministry of Education• Ministry of Science

Dec 2010

Create links between students and researchers

• Increased number of events organized by schools with researchers’ participation

• Increased number of events organized by research institutions with students’ participation

• Ministry of Science continuous

Financial support for science promotion

• Increased budget for science promotion within MSTD

MSTD Dec 2011

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Action Plan – Goal 3: Support science teachers who have students doing

science activities

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible? Deadline?

Establish science teacher training programs

• Training curriculum localized/ created

• Ministry of Education• Ministry of Science

May 2011

Create networking opportunities

• Database with interested teachers and researchers

• Ministry of Science• Ministry of Education

Continuous

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible? Deadline?

Create a system for researchers to mentor students

• 50 students collaborating with researchers

• Ministry of Science Continuous

Goal 4: Create support system for students within the research community

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Intel ISEF Educator Academy 2010Reflection

– Key learning and impressions from the Educator Academy– Impressed with spirit and enthusiasm

– The most beneficial Shop Talks– Different countries’ experiences (Mary Helen Bialas, Carol Qin, Sheila

Porter)– Science fairs (Theresa Clark, Sharon Snyder, Alisa Lee)– Science education (Amanda Alonzo)

– Possible improvements– Warmer weather– More concrete suggestions, more examples

– What types of Shop Talks were missing?– Presence of research community talking about their view and involvement

in science fairs– Experience of the previous student participants

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