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Transforming Schools to Transform CountriesThe Impact of Local Initiatives of Science Education

2015 Intel ISEF Educator AcademyPittsburgh, PAHeitor Santos

President, ABRICMay 12, 2015

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Who am I?

Where? Recife, Brazil

What? A research on a nutritional education methodology for

public schools

With whom? University of São Paulo, Federal University of

Pernambuco

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What about it?

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What about Brazil?

2010: Brazil won 19 awards at Intel ISEF

In 2010, the Brazilian government launched a financial

support to science fairs…

… but there was still no program to equip students and

teacher with skills to work on a research-based pedagogy.

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How do we do it?

- Regional Coordinators Program

- Local Initiatives of Science Education

- Participation in Science Fairs

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Regional Coordinators Program

40 Regional Coordinators

30 Cities

16 States

507% increase in the number of

applicants (2014-15) 

 

 

Goal: Preparing a national network of capacitated volunteers who are able to create local communities of scientific education

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Local Initiatives of Science Education

Regional Coordinators work regionally in schools, organizing meetings to stimulate students and teachers to get involved with Science.

In 2014, we were able to reach 1845 students.

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Participation in Science Fairs

Our goal is to stimulate students to continue working on their projects, by providing them with awards which have significant repercussions in their communities

In 2014 we participated in 14 science fairs and awarded about 200 students.

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How do we transform students in researchers?

Available online at: scientiaprima.incentivoaciencia.com.br

Brazil’s first and only journal dedicated to the publication of research reports written by young Brazilian scientists.

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Communicating with Policymakers

- Participation at the 2014 Intel

Educator Academy, Latin

America – Lima, Peru

- Official Meetings with the Ministry

of Science, Technology and

Innovation in Brazil

- Participation at Going Global

2014

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Reaching students through Social Media

- A YouTube channel with testimonies from young Brazilian

scientists, targeted at High School Students

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Reaching students through Social Media

- A YouTube channel with testimonies from young Brazilian

scientists, targeted at High School Students

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Reaching students through Social Media

- Our website provides students with a calendar of all

science fairs and youth-related science events happening

in Brazil

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Summarizing…

- Seja Cientista: Stimulating students to start and continue

doing research

- Preparing of a team of qualified volunteers

- Commissioning volunteers to go and impact schools

- Stimulating students to keep working on their projects

- Scientia Prima: Transforming students in researchers by

making their research reports available to the scientific

community.

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