Science Education for the Millennial

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "Science Education for the Millennial"

Anissa Hancock
5 years ago
Views:

1 Science Education for the Millennial Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit Department of Chemistry, Ateneo de Manila University Academician, National Academy of Science & Technology

2 Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom - Aristotle

3 Outline 1. Technology and the Millennial 2. Science Education in K STEM careers in a GLOCAL world

4 Millennials grow up surrounded by technology Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 4

5 Technology 5

6 Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters. -Alan Moore We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us. - Marshall McLuhan Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 6

7 Technology Science Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 7

8 Science curiosity discovery understanding (credit: The 21 st Century Scientist, Nature, 2015) Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 8

9 Laboratory: Lat. laborare to labor Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 9

10 Outline 1. Technology and the Millennial 2. Science Education in K STEM careers in a GLOCAL world

Prize in Economics, 1994 Game Theory Fasori

Prize in Physics, 1963 Quantum Mechanics

11 The story of a school that has produced giants in science János Harsányi Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Game Theory Fasori Gymnasium Budapest Eugene Wigner Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963 Quantum Mechanics John von Neumann Mathematics Father of Computer Science László Rátz was a legendary teacher of mathematics in the school, after whom a Medal and an Achievement Award was later named. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 11

12 "The future will be like schools are today." - Albert Szent-Györgyi Nobel laureate in Medicine (1937) Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 12

other twenty-first-century skills skills enhances students abilities to master and retain

13 Educators are calling for change. They argue that creative thinking, problem solving, motivation, persistence and other and other twenty-first-century skills skills enhances students abilities to master and retain knowledge (and) help to curb the alarming rate at which students interested in STEM abandon the subjects. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 13

14 Creative thinking Problem solving Motivation Persistence Master and retain knowledge Stay with science Is the solution more science? Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 14

and music is the driving force behind this intuition.

15 Science and Music Albert Einstein considered music to be central to his own life and discoveries: The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition, and music is the driving force behind this intuition... My new discovery is the result of musical perception Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 15

As a chemist, he pioneered a very important chemical reaction in organic synthesis, called the

16 Science and Music Aldol reaction Alexander Borodin (Nov 12, 1833 Feb 27, 1887) was a Russian chemist, doctor, and Romantic composer. As a chemist, he pioneered a very important chemical reaction in organic synthesis, called the Aldol Reaction. As a composer, he pioneered Russian style of classical music, rather than imitate Western European models.. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 16

Musicians simultaneously process memory and be creative at the same time.

17 Playing music strengthens the corpus callosum, the link between the two halves of the brain. Musicians simultaneously process memory and be creative at the same time. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 17

musician, writer, historian, and poet. He is widely considered the greatest painter of his time.

18 Science and the Visual Arts Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 May 2, 1519), was an Italian inventor, scientist, mathematician, engineer, architect, anatomist, botanist, geologist, astronomer, cartographer, painter, sculptor, musician, writer, historian, and poet. He is widely considered the greatest painter of his time. Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 18

Science and the Visual Arts Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and

In the 1890s her mycological illustrations and research on the reproduction of fungi spores generated interest from the scientific establishment.

19 Science and the Visual Arts Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children s books. featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. In the 1890s her mycological illustrations and research on the reproduction of fungi spores generated interest from the scientific establishment. Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 19

20 STEAM and arts integration are crucial in K-12 education, engaging students in the STEM subjects and ensuring that creativity doesn t fall by the wayside as we chase innovation (how could it?). But it s also an important idea for research. Artists and designers reformulate the questions that can guide a project, rethinking or redesigning systems at their base. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 20

21 Nature, Symmetry, and Art Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 21

22 Outline 1. Technology and the Millennial 2. Science Education in K STEM careers in a GLOCAL world

23 National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 23

24 We are at the beginning of a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope and complexity, what I consider to be the fourth industrial revolution is unlike anything humankind has experienced before. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 24

ourselves and the underlying social models that these technologies embody and enable, and the more we

25 Technology is not an exogenous force over which we have no control... The more we think about how to harness the technology revolution, the more we will examine ourselves and the underlying social models that these technologies embody and enable, and the more we will have an opportunity to shape the revolution in a manner that improves the state of the world. Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 25

26 ( Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 26

Technology, Innovation and the Liberal Arts "We need to revolutionize education to encourage creativity and need to teach our kids to play, take a chance and create.

27 Technology, Innovation and the Liberal Arts "We need to revolutionize education to encourage creativity and need to teach our kids to play, take a chance and create. By not teaching our children liberal arts we will hinder their capacity to innovate. - Axelle Tessandier, The Next Web 27

28 K-12 Do s and Dont s Do Develop a holistic curriculum Use the Internet for INFORMATION and the teacher for FORMATION Emphasize problem-solving Teach the value of hands-on work with relevant activities INSPIRE: Include history of science and biographies of famous scientists Don t Teach only science Teach only INFORMATION Focus on memorization and objective questions (e.g., Periodic Table) Expect set answers Replace experimentation with seatwork Present science as a fixed set of RULES which were discovered by geniuses Science Education for the Millennial (Dayrit) 28

29 The goal of Science Education We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Leonardo Da Vinci Artist Inventor And Scientist Of The Renaissance Masters Of Art

Leonardo Da Vinci Artist Inventor And Scientist Of The Renaissance Masters Of Art We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by