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Action Plan – Moldova

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Moldovan General Education at a glance

Population ……………… 3,559.5

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Schools …………………….……….

1,460

Students ………..…………. 381.4

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Teachers ………………..….. 36.2

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Languages of education …… Ro, Ru

Number of school subjects ….…. 18

Number of Nat. Olympiads …….. 17

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Main STEM Subjects in Moldovan General Education

• Mathematics

• Physics

• Astronomy

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Informatics

• Geography

• Ttechnological Education

• Optional (14 subjects)

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Moldova-SEF was launched in 2013

• Ministry owned the Fair

• 79 Projects

• 140 participants in its 1st year

Current Status of STEM education in Moldova

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High Level Long Term Goals

• Create district level feeder fairs for the National fair

• Increase the number of students participating in science fairs by 100% within 5 years

• Implement science inquiry in secondary schools

• Include Inquiry Based Approach into In-Service & Pre-Service teacher professional development

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High Level Short Term Goals

• Integrate Moldova-SEF into the national system of state competitions

• Consolidate human capacities for student mentorship in the field of science research & innovation

• Establish a bank of mentors to assist students

• Create the web site to enable students & mentors with rules & guidance, lessons learned, on-line expertise & consultancy, on-line resources, etc.

• Improve the quality of the research projects by extending the research original component & connecting them to national socio-economic needs

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Objectives and Performance Indicators

• The ## of student participation target: 20% increase each year; 100% increase in 5 years

• All 35 district-SEFs launched in 3 years from now

• Each district has an SEF-expert

• Number of school mentors increase 5% per year

• 400 teachers trained in Project Based Learning (eventually – Inquiry & Thinking Critically w. Data, etc.) in the 1st year

• We-site is live

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Moldova Action Plan – Steps to Meet Our Goals and Objectives

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Reflection (1)

Key learning from the Educator Academy

• STEM is one of the key directions to accelerate economy growth

What impressed us the most

• Noble Laureates

• NASA – inspiration speech, a great example to bring science to public & talk simple on complicated topics

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Reflection (2)

Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for our team

• Integration of STEM into curriculum (Liu Enshen–China)

• Free Curriculum Inquiry in the Science Classroom (Shelley Shott)

• How to Present to & Deal Effectively with the Media (Jach Franchetti)

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Reflection (3)

What would we improve• More organized interaction among

participants

• More time for discussions & BKMs sharing

What types of Shop Talks were missing• On-Line Broadcasting of the Key-Note

Speakers & some key workshops

• Visiting K12 schools to observe science lessons/inquiry ( PBL/ IBL), how it works in a real classroom

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