Empowering Educators for STEM Excellence – ICSE – International Centre for Stem Education

A seminar for STEM educators in Malta

As part of the ICSE Teacher Academy Project, the University of Malta team led by Dr Josette Farrugia in collaboration with Dr James Calleja and Dr Doreen Mizzi organised a half-day seminar for STEM teachers in Malta. The seminar, held on Tuesday 10^th December 2024 attracted over 80 STEM educators and included policy makers. In addition, three members from the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Venice, who were on a separate mission in Malta, attended.

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The seminar kicked off with a welcome speech by Dr Farrugia who presented the aims, activities and outcomes of the ICSE Teacher Academy project. Following a short address from the local Director for STEM and VET programmes, the invited keynote speakers, Prof Lynne Bianchi and Dr Grace Marson from the University of Manchester, gave an engaging and interactive session that focused on diversity in STEM classrooms.

The climax of the seminar were the two parallel workshops delivered by STEM teachers from the model schools within the project. These sessions were very well received due to the interactive approach adopted by the 8 presenters and the relevance of the topics to STEM educators’ everyday practices. The sessions were:

Maths escape rooms (For mathematics educators)
Physics escape labs (For physics educators)
Monitoring the level of air pollution (For chemistry educators)
Bringing the classroom to life (For science educators)
Becoming a better learner (For chemistry and STEM educators)
Video logging (For mathematics and physics educators)
Project-based learning in class (For science educators)
Teaching through activities (For biology and STEM educators)

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Feedback received from attendees (mostly teachers, heads of department, education officers and policy makers) and from presenters point to a very positive outcome. Indeed, the seminar successfully provided STEM educators with valuable insights, practical and innovative teaching strategies, and collaborative opportunities, that supported their professional growth.

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