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STEM Education: Policies And
Prospects Toward Achieving
International Standard And Meeting National Development Needs
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STEM Initiative in Malaysia Education Blueprint
2013-2025
Aims:
Prepare students with the skills
to meet the science and
technology challenges.
To ensure that Malaysia has a
sufficient number of qualified
STEM graduates.
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Measures undertaken in STEM Initiative
Raising student interests through new learning approaches and an enhanced curriculum
Sharpening skills and abilities of teachers
Building public and student awareness
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Sufficient number of qualified STEM graduates
Malaysian government instituted the 60:40 Science/Technical: Arts (60:40) Policy in education in 1967 and started implementing it in 1970
The target not achieved.
45% Science stream + technical & vocational, 2014.
Met the requirement but chose not to do science in the upper secondary increased to 15%.
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Factors underlying the declining enrolment
and quality of student outcomes in STEM
Limited awareness about STEM
Perceived difficulty of STEM
Content-heavy curriculum
Inconsistent quality of teaching and learning
Limited and outdated infrastructure
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New Primary and Secondary Curricula
Higher order thinking skills
Project-based
ICT games-based
Minimise content overlap with other subjects & post-secondary
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National and School-Based Assessment
Increase the proportion of questions that focus on creative and problem-solving skills
Data interpretation and evaluation
Reintroduce from 2016 onwards, the science practical testing elements
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Sharpening skills and abilities of teachers
Diagnostic exercise to identify gaps in content knowledge and pedagogical skills among teachers
Identify gaps in content knowledge and pedagogy
Tailored professional development
School Improvement Specialist Coaches (SISC+) for Mathematics and Science
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New Primary and Secondary Curricula
Higher order thinking skills
Project-based
ICT games-based
Minimise content overlap with other subjects & post-secondary
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Use of ICT
Computer games
Exploration of STEM beyond the content covered in the prescribed textbooks
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Blended Learning Open Source for Science or Mathematics Studies (BLOSSOMS)
Integration of face-to-face and ICT instruction
Deploys new instructional strategies and pedagogical approaches
Students utilize adaptive learning software to learn at their own pace, and through their preferred learning style
Teachers then analyse the resultant data from the software to identify areas where students require extra coaching
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Collaboration
Museums
Science Centres
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Campaigns
Educate the public about the diversity of career opportunities in STEM
Encourage more students to select STEM subjects
STEM education plays a big role as the catalyst to meet the challenges and demands of our present and future economy
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Strengthening the foundations of existing programmes & encouraging school students to enrol in the science stream
Engaging the support of broader group of stakeholder
Evaluation to develop roadmap for further innovation
Strengthening Delivery of STEM Across the Education System
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: Wave 2
Building on the STEM foundations that was implemented in Wave 1
The roll-out of the KSSM (Secondary School Standard Curricula) and revised KSSR (Primary School Standard Curricula)
From 2019 onwards, the Ministry intends to participate in the Grade 4 TIMSS assessment in addition to the Grade 8.
Development of VLE.
Teachers share their experiences in teaching the new curriculum, learn from each other and provide feedback to the Ministry.
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Wave 2
Building on the STEM foundations that was implemented in Wave 1 Extend Awareness Programme
Primary school students and their parents
Informal approach to strengthening interest in STEM education and careers
Provide hands-on learning opportunities for students and parents
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Wave 3
Innovating to the next level
Evaluate the success of all initiatives from the first two waves and develop a roadmap for future.
Introduce fresh initiatives and programmes