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WELCOME!

The IEEE Teacher In-Service Program in Shenzhen

7-8 July 2009

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9:00 Formal Welcome9:30 Keynote Address Yuen-Yan

(Rosanna) Chan10:15 Build Your Own Robot

ArmMoshe Kam and Doug Gorham

12:00 Lunch13:30 How to work with the

pre-university SystemRamon Doon and Bill Chau

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Time Item Presenter

14:15 Breakout Group Planning

Oliver Ban

15:00 Breakout Group Reports

16:00 Summary Doug Gorham and Oliver Ban

16:15 Adjournment

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3:00 Introductions Doug Gorham and Oliver Ban

3:05 Why We Are Here Moshe Kam4:00 Challenges and

Opportunities in the Pre-university System in China

Panel

5:15 TISP lesson plans Moshe Kam6:00 Adjournment and

Dinner

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Why Are We Here?Introduction by Moshe Kam

IEEE Educational Activities

July 2009

Teacher In Service

Program in China

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Speaker: Moshe Kam Department Head of Electrical and

Computer Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

IEEE Volunteer for approximately 30 years

Served IEEE as Vice President for Educational Activities and as Region Director

Currently chairs… the New Initiatives Committee the Global Accreditation Committee

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Our Organization: IEEE IEEE’s Educational Activities Why and how is IEEE interested in

promoting engineering in the pre- university education system in China?

What do we plan to do in this workshop? What are the long term benefits and

expectations?

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Our Organization – IEEE

An international professional association dedicated to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineeringas well as computer science, the allied

branches of engineering, and related arts and sciences

Established 125 years ago

Operating in 150 countries

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Our Organization – IEEE

Has approximately 380,000 members The largest technical professional association in

the world $350M annual budgetHeadquarter in New York City, NY, USA

Employs approximately 1000 staff members

10IEEE Membership By Region31 December 2007

Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R8 and R10 are now the two largest IEEE Regions

R9 – 15,410

R8 – 64,976

R10

67,157

R1 to 6 – 212,838

R7 – 15,947

R1 – 37,973

R2 – 32,363

R3 – 30,782

R4 – 23,555

R5 – 29,020

R6 – 59,145

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1963 1973

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2007

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IEEE volunteersKey to IEEE success

About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a week to the organization

Local Section ChairAssociate editor of a JournalMember of the Financial Committee of the

Technical Activities BoardChair of a committee that develops a

Standard

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The organization is run by volunteersFrom the President and CEO to the local

Section Chair, major decisions are made by volunteers

An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers estimated $2bn-$3bn

IEEE volunteers

Leah Jamieson 2007 President,Indiana, USA

Pedro Ray2010 President, Puerto Rico

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IEEE’s principal activities (1)

Organizing the professional communityBased on geographic distribution and

areas of interest

Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art

Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

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IEEE’s principal activities (2) Developing technical standards

Approximately 900 standards at present

Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public Including students and teachers in the pre-

university system

Improving understanding of engineering technology and computing by the public

Recognizing the leaders of the professionAwards and membership grades

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What are we trying to do…

…advance global prosperity by

Fostering technological innovationEnabling members' careers Promoting community worldwide

for the benefit of humanity and the profession

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• In 1884 – power engineering• In 1912 – communications• In 1942 – computing• In 1962 – digital communications • In 1972 – networking • In 1982 – clean energy • In 1992 – nanotechnology • In 2002 – engineering and the life sciences

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Sample Activities: Regional Organizations

IEEE organizes professionals in its fields of interest into local SectionsThere are 330 local Sections worldwide

There are 11 Sections associated with China

12,235 members – including 999 undergraduate students and 2,507 Graduate Student Members

167 Fellows

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IEEE Computer Society

IEEE Communication Society

IEEE Power and Energy Society

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Membership Section Undergraduate

StudentsGraduate Students

TotalMembers

Beijing 204 762 2746

Chengdu 43 102 336

Harbin 28 52 235

Hong Kong 67 266 2505

Macau 25 8 105

Nanjing 74 210 915

Shanghai 45 112 648

Tainan 88 155 801

Taipei 361 658 3296

Wuhan 30 82 250

Xian 34 100 398

Total 999 2507 12235

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Sample Activities: Standards IEEE develops standards in several areas,

including: Power and Energy Transportation Biomedical and Healthcare Nanotechnology Information Technology Information Assurance

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More Specific Standardization Areas Intelligent highway systems and vehicular technology

Distributed generation renewable energy

Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange

Rechargeable Batteries for PCs

Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder

Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Issuing and Management

Components Architecture for Encrypted Shared Media Organic Field Effect Technology

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TryEngineering.org

An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

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www.TryEngineering.orgIEEE’s pre-university education portal

For students, parents, teachers and school counselors

A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of ScienceNon-IEEE investment of approximately $2.5M

US/Canada version was launched on June 2006

29TryEngineering.orgA portal for school counselors, teachers, parents and students

University search By location, program, environment

25 countries, 1739 universities

Explore Engineering – Discipline Descriptions, Day in the Life of an Engineer, Preparation Tips

Virtual Games 54 lesson plans for teaching engineering design

Ask an Expert – Ask an Engineer, Ask a Student

Undergraduate Student Advice

E-Newsletter Student opportunities – summer camps, fellowships, etc.

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Most Requested Lesson Plans

Build your own robot arm

Series and Parallel Circuits

Pulleys and Force

Cracking the Code (bar codes)

Electric Messages

Adaptive Devices

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University Searches: 25 Countries Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

France

Germany

India

Ireland

Japan

Korea

Malaysia

Mexico

New Zealand

Pakistan

Portugal

Russia

Singapore

South Africa

Switzerland

Taiwan

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Languages 中文 Chinese

Deutsch German

Español Spanish

Français French

邦人 JapanesePortuguês Portuguese

русский Russian

35 TryEngineering Progress Available in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Russian,

Japanese, Portuguese

Statistics (as of 1 April 2009)2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 4.5 MILLION HITS IN 2008 44,193 = average # of visitors per month

67,006 = highest number of total unique visitors (May 08) 248,951 = average # of page hits per month 9838 = average number of university searches per month 4228 = questions submitted to Ask an Expert 14197= the average number of lesson plans downloaded per

month Visitors come from the US, India, China, Canada, UK and

scores of other countries

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Sample Activities: Education

Teacher In Service Program An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers

Based on approved Lesson Plans Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Designed to highlight engineering design

principles

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IEEE Section MembersIEEE Student MembersTeachers and Instructors

…using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design

IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with Teachers

Teachers will conduct training sessions with Students

IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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Empower IEEE Section “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning

Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators

Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering

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Our Overall TISP GoalsIncrease the general level of

technological literacy of pre-university students

Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community

Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

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Why is China of Interest to IEEE Educational Activities?

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OECD PISA Program

OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentEstablished 196130 Countries Budget: Euro 303M

PISA = Programme for International Student Assessment

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Are students well prepared for future challenges?

Can they analyze, reason and communicate effectively?

Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life?

Surveys of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized countries.

Every three years, it assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society

Review of OECD Statistics (PISA 2006)

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To the extent that PISA tests were given in China the results were very good.

The analytical abilities of students from China in PISA tests were significantly higher than average.

Source: PISA 2006

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FinlandHong Kong-ChinaCanadaChinese TaipeiEstoniaJapanNew ZealandAustraliaNetherlandsLiechtensteinKoreaSloveniaGermanyUnited KingdomCzech RepublicSwitzerlandMacao-ChinaAustriaBelgiumIrelandHungarySwedenPolandDenmarkFranceCroatiaIcelandLatviaUnited StatesSlovak RepublicSpainLithuaniaNorwayLuxembourgRussian FederationItalyPortugalGreeceIsraelChileSerbiaBulgariaUruguayTurkeyJordanThailandRomaniaMontenegroMexicoIndonesiaArgentinaBrazilColombiaTunisiaAzerbaijanQatarKyrgyzstan

FinlandHong Kong-ChinaCanadaChinese TaipeiEstoniaJapanNew ZealandAustraliaNetherlandsLiechtensteinKoreaSloveniaGermanyUnited KingdomCzech RepublicSwitzerlandMacao-ChinaAustriaBelgiumIrelandHungarySwedenPolandDenmarkFranceCroatiaIcelandLatviaUnited StatesSlovak RepublicSpainLithuaniaNorwayLuxembourgRussian FederationItalyPortugalGreeceIsraelChileSerbiaBulgariaUruguayTurkeyJordanThailandRomaniaMontenegroMexicoIndonesiaArgentinaBrazilColombiaTunisiaAzerbaijanQatarKyrgyzstan

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Source: PISA 2006

Chinese students are consistently above the OECD average

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Distribution of student performance on the science scale

Chinese students are consistently above the OECD average

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Source: PISA 2006*

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Distribution of student performance on the science scale

Chinese students are consistently above the OECD average

*Source: PISA 2006

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Mean score on the knowledge about science and on the knowledge of science scales

Chinese student scores are relatively high

Source: PISA 2006

+ 5151Mathematics Score 2002-2006

Source: PISA 2006

+ 5252Areas where improvement is called for

Hands-on experience for students

Experimentation

Research

Innovation

Based on IEEE analysis, available literature, and conversations with colleagues in China

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The Objective is to provide hands-on experience

More physical experimentsTo complement analytical studies and replace

computer simulations

Direct experience in building and testing of models

Emphasis on innovation and individual research

Analysis of results from experiments and feedback into design and testing of new alternatives

Direct experience with constraints on materials and costs

Where students from China may benefit is in…

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IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

The Teacher in Service Program

“Engineering in the Classroom”

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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers

Based on approved Lesson PlansPrepared by IEEE volunteersTested in classroomsAssociated with Education StandardsDesigned to highlight engineering design

principlesThe cost is less than $100 for a class of 30

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The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans

IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topic How to build a balanced mobile (rotational

equilibrium) How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design)

The lesson plans are geared toward pre-university students and are tested in the classroom

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How does it work?

Volunteers of an IEEE Section organize a TISP training event Such as what we are doing here today

EAB provides logistical support and instructors

Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training With teachers and school administrators

Volunteers spread the program in their school districts

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Volunteer TrainingKey questions to be discussed in training:

How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using the TISP lesson plans?

How to approach the school system to engage teachers?

How to align a lesson plan with local education criteria?

Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

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After The Training… IEEE volunteers work with the school

system to conduct training sessions for teachers

Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students

IEEE participates in paying for the program In the first year, EAB pays the materials and

supplies expenses for TISP sessions for teachers In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility

of the IEEE Section

IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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Lesson plans

The lesson plans are organized in two versionsFor the teacherFor the student

The lesson plans need to be aligned with educational standards

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Sample Lesson Plans

Build a better candy bag

Rotational Equilibrium (mobile)

Understand and apply bar codes

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Electric Motors But Were Afraid to Ask

Rocket Cars and Newton’s Laws

Effective Lighting

Get Connected with Ohm’s Law

Design and Build Your Own Robot Arm

Learn to Program and Test Robots for Classroom Use

Give Binary A Try Computer arithmetic and ALU design

Hand Biometrics Technology Biometrics

Sail Away Watercraft design

Simple Kitchen Machines Simple Machines

Dispenser Designs Design: user satisfaction, costs, materials

Engineering Ups and Downs Elevators

Build a Big Wheel Ferris Wheels

Lesson Plans

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Sort it Out

Sticky Engineering Challenge

Ship the Chip

Move That Lighthouse!

A Question of Balance

Program Your Own Game

Engineering Air Traffic

Pipeline Challenge

Infrared Investigations

Hull Engineering

Engineered Sports

Engineered Memory

Wind Tunnel Testing

Lesson Plans

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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations

To date, over 120 TISP presentations have been conducted by IEEE volunteers

TISP presentations have reached over 3000 pre-university educators This reach represents more than 316,000

students each academic year

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+ 68682006-2007

Boston

Indianapolis

Putrajaya, Malaysia

Cape Town

Piura, Peru

Rio de Janeiro

Baltimore

Dallas

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Los Angeles

San Francisco

Cordoba (Argentina)

Port of Spain

Shenzhen

Montreal

Montevideo

Guayaquil, Ecuador

San Juan, PR

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A full-scale TISP training for volunteers

We trained a large number of teachers

We are looking for volunteers who will follow up and take the activities to the schools

Success of the program will be measured by the

number of pre-university students that it reaches

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Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov 10-11 2009

A training session for student branches

Based on the success of the student branch session in Piura, Peru

A new TISP model

Will it work in China?

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What are we going to do here?

Demonstrate one (1) lesson plan:“Build your own robot arm”

Discuss trends in pre-university education

Consider how to develop and use the TISP in China

Have Fun!

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Who is in the audience?

Teachers from the Pre-university system

University-level educators and decision makers

IEEE members, volunteers , staff

Government officials and decision makers

+ 75Expectations from IEEE VolunteersOrganize TISP sessions with pre-university teachers

in your locale

Communicate with EAB for information exchange and funding

Organize a task force within the IEEE China Section structure to make TISP a permanent program in ChinaIn cooperation with universities and the

government

Arrange for budgeting through Region 10, and the IEEE Boards (MGAB, EAB)

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Use the TISP approach in your classroom

Work with the IEEE local Sections to organize TISP training sessions for teachers Report to the Section what lessons have

been learnt from the program Indicate what lesson plans were or were

not successful, and what additional lesson plans would be required

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collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning

Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators

Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering

Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students

Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community

Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

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Questions or Comments?