HEADlines | Teaching STEM for the 21st Century | Head Foundation Singapore on Glue Up

Issue 103: 1 Mar 2022

Every week, HEADlines brings you the latest news, stories and commentaries

in education and healthcare. This week, get insights on the latest developments in education.

Teaching STEM for the 21st century

In an increasingly volatile, unpredictable, complex, and ambiguous world, it is crucial for students to be equipped with key 21st century skills that can help them navigate these disruptive times. STEM education has been placed at the forefront of many countries’ plans for growth, not just to fill up critical jobs in growing sectors, but to develop innovative thinkers. STEM education is also a helpful path towards economic advancement and social equity for many countries.

March at The HEAD Foundation will be dedicated to showcasing advancements and innovative best practices in STEM education! Join us for two special webinar series:

STEM Education from Asia is a book launch and panel discussion with the contributors dissecting STEM education policies and research in the region. Sign up for both sessions on 7th and 9th March here!

Making HEADway, the webinar series for educators, returns in this fifth instalment— Teaching STEM in Southeast Asia. We look at practical strategies and tips to introduce STEM into your classroom, and how a STEM education can benefit everyone. Sign up for the first session on 10 March today!

Education in the Spotlight:

EdSurge: Can third graders learn data science? These researchers say yes

A principal research associate at the Urban Institute wanted to fill the dearth of accessible teaching resources with sessions on coding, cartography, and a pet-prolific workshop on data collection and visualisation.

Science Daily: Want students to do better in class? Send them on culturally enriching field trips

Students who attended three different field trips in fourth or fifth grade scored higher on end-of-grade exams, received higher course grades, were absent less often and had fewer behavioural infractions.

Ed Surge: How art class became a rare bright spot for students and families in the pandemic

In a recent report, the association recommended trauma-informed teaching strategies to promote mental health through self-expression—for their students’ sake and their own.

The Straits Times: Definition of success in Singapore education system must change: Chan Chun Sing

With the trend of changing jobs every few years, success should also include how well we retrain and upgrade adult learners.

The Hechinger Report: Student Voice: Virtual learning left my classmates and me burned out, but there are things schools can do to make it better for us

We need more counsellors, tutoring and safe areas for checking in.

Mongabay: Field school teaches young Indigenous Indonesians how to care for their forests

For years forests were managed by external companies, but now Indigenous advocacy groups are training the community’s youths in the traditional ways of sustainably using the forest and its resources.

UNESCO: One Ocean Summit: UNESCO calls on countries to include ocean education in school curricula by 2025

UNESCO announced it has set itself the goal of including ocean education in the school curricula of its 193 Member States by 2025. To achieve this goal, the United Nations agency is making available to public decision-makers a toolkit with a shared reference framework of educational content on the ocean.

That's all for the week!

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