Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks (QTNs)

This QTN aims at supporting participating teachers to familiarise themselves with the use of tools and equipment through a series of regular workshops, to plan and set up school-based STEMaker space, as well as to carry out a series of lesson observations to deepen and develop STEMaker curriculum. The project will be delivered in four stages, i.e. Learning, Planning, Consolidation and Development stages.

This QTN aims at promoting and supporting professional development of teachers by leveraging scientific investigation through STEM education. Under the framework of scientific investigation and in conjunction with the computational thinking of computer science and engineering, students will learn, improve and apply their interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills relating to STEM education as well as nurture their entrepreneurial spirit.

This QTN aims at promoting STEM education to primary and secondary schools with the use of science packages, micro:bit micro-controllers and sensors. Through the participation in the activities, teachers’ and students’ interest in learning science will be enhanced. A professional learning community across secondary and primary schools will be developed, bridging STEM education in different learning stages.

This QTN aims at establishing an inter-school professional network and collaboratively constructing an environmental education curriculum – “Amazing Code of Life”, with experiential learning and STEM elements. Through hands-on and minds-on experiential activities about genetic codes, students will learn to appreciate the wonders of lives and their interest in STEM and environmental education will be nurtured. The DNA laboratory of the co-ordinating school can provide support for these experiential STEM activities.

.Deliverables{ padding-left: 250px !important; } This QTN aims at providing various technical trainings for teachers to assist them in developing school-based STEM-related teaching plans and using augmented reality (AR) courseware and virtual reality (VR) courseware. Participating schools can establish an interactive STEM education learning community to develop a sustainable STEM-related curriculum. The project also promotes professional exchange related to innovation and technology on Internet of Things (IoT). The concept of Smart City can be realised by enhancing students’ ability to apply STEM-related knowledge and to come up with feasible solutions to improve daily lives. Deliverables Please refer to Chinese version.