PLANNING FOR ESTABLISHING STEM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITHIN FACULTY OF EDUCATION - AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL

The goal of the Egyptian Ministry of Education is to establish twenty-seven STEM schools over the course of five years . Teachers lack adequate support, including appropriate professional development as well as interesting and intriguing curricula. There is a real problem faces the Ministry of Education, that is the qualified STEM education teachers, in the main time there is no an academic department of [STEM] Education in the Egyptian universities preparing STEM education teachers , provide appropriate professional development and expand and enhance STEM Education in Egypt in significant ways. The objective of this Study is to propose a plan to Establish a Department [STEM] Education within the Faculty of Education - Ain Shams University

Thriving in the 21st century: Learning Literacies for the Digital Age (LLiDA project): Executive Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

LLiDA set out to: review the evidence of change in the contexts of learning, including the nature of work,nknowledge, social life and citizenship, communications media and other technologies review current responses to these challenges from the further and higher education sectors, in terms of: a) the kinds of capabilities valued, taught for and assessed (especially as revealed through competence frameworks); b) the ways in which capabilities are supported ('provision') c) the value placed on staff and student 'literacies of the digital' collect original data concerning current practice in literacies provision in UK FE and HE, including 15 institutional audits and over 40 examples of forward thinking practice offer conclusions and recommendations, in terms of the same issues reviewed in

Adaptation of the Higher Education in Engineering to the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

The 21st century will be the era of the fourth industrial revolution with the progressive introduction of the digital society, with smart/connected objects, smart factories driven by robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence. Manufacturing should be performed by the industry entitled 4.0. These are advanced technologies resulting from steady development of information technology associated with new objects and systems that can fulfil manufacturing tasks. The industry 4.0 concept relies largely on the ability to design and manufacture smart and connected devices that are based on microelectronics technology. This evolution requires highly-skilled technicians, engineers and PhDs well prepared for research, development and manufacturing. Their training, which combines knowledge and the associated compulsory know-how, is becoming the main challenge for the academic world. The curricula must therefore contain the basic knowledge and associated know-how training in all the specialties in the field. The software and hardware used in microelectronics and its applications are becoming so complex and expensive that the most realistic solution for practical training is to share facilities and human resources. This approach has been adopted by the French microelectronics education network, which includes twelve joint university centres and 2 industrial unions. It makes it possible to minimize training costs and to train future graduates on up-to-date tools similar to those used in companies. Thus, this paper deals with the strategy adopted by the French network in order to meet the needs of the future industry 4.0

Developing Teachers´ Transformative Digital Agency through Invention Pedagogy In-service Training

This chapter discusses the development of teachers’ transformative digital agency during an invention-pedagogy-themed, in-service training course. The course was a blended learning experience that included the planning, implementation, and evaluation of an invention pedagogy project. This chapter defines teachers’ transformative digital agency and depicts its development from four perspectives: technological and invention pedagogical awareness, technological competence, implemented adaptive practice, and teachers as reflective practitioners. The discussion is adhered to the broader context of the digitalizing society and objectives for teachers’ continuous professional learning. The epistemic knowledge of digitalization is one of the key factors that enable the development of teachers’ transformative digital agency while at the same time serving as a cornerstone of running invention pedagogy projects.Peer reviewe

The Development of Teaching Materials on Integrated Science, Technology, and Religion to Improve College Students’ Integrative Knowledge

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the specifications of teaching materials integrated STR; and (2) to analyze the results of expert validation to teaching materials integrated STR. The research method used in this study was Research and Development (R D) with a four-D procedure (Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate). The data analysis technique used was descriptive analysis techniques. The results of the study show that (1) The profile of the teaching materials integrated STR are (a) teaching materials are integration between concepts of fundamental of physics and Islamic values of Al-Quran and Hadith ; and (b) the media developed is an integration between PPT and Phet; and (2) The results of the material expert validation on the results of the development of teaching materials integrated STR on aspects of content feasibility, aspects of presentation, aspects of language, and material integration are well categorized. Likewise, the results of media expert validation on the display and programming aspects show good categorie

A Design Thinking Role Model Enables Creativity in IT: Case of the Financial Industry

The challenge banks face to gain advantage over their competitors is being placed under pressure by the ever increasing speed of development which arises from the pace of innovation in computer technology, rapid changes in industry regulation and fast-changing customer needs. Banks have creative heads but the pursuing of efficient customer-centric creative work within an organization is often challenging. This paper presents a design thinking role model which was iteratively designed over nine projects within a period of four years and implemented in an IT department of two leading multinational banks. It analyzes the different roles of the design thinking role model and its multidisciplinary elements to enable creativity within these IT departments. It could be shown that creativity was enabled in this corporate IT context through the design thinking role model and thus a good base for the overall innovation process could be reached

Major events that changed the instrumentalists’ performance

This article proposes to identify aesthetic currents and key events that affected music instrumentalists over the last 100 years - approximately - as well as to characterize new outcomes in music performance. The aesthetical, technical, and compositional evolution of music influenced and changed the traditional conception of the performance – that of a musician taking to the stage using only his instrument, performing an interpretation of a musical score, in a unidirectional relationship with the audience – to a multidisciplinary concept. This generalised evolution, brought new demands to the instrumentalists, who had to adapt and improve, practically autonomously. The increase of multidisciplinarity, fostered creativity, which in turn gave rise to new techniques, both in interpretation and in musical writing. In order to focus the article, it will be centred on traditional musical instruments players, and excludes instrumental music of oral and/or improvised tradition, as well as vocal interpreters.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Transdisciplinary knowledge: A systemic approach to design education

Historically, the design discipline has been strictly connected to the productive sector. For this reason, past design education was mainly related to the world of arts and crafts and technology. With such a vertical specialization, designers could not deeply grasp the potential repercussions of their design choices. Their commitment was largely tied in with mass-production and unconstrained technological innovation. Increased awareness of the complexity of the world has emerged in the last decades. Designers nowadays are requested to achieve new transversal skills and competencies, to cope with the incumbent metamorphoses of cultures, societies, economies, and natural environments. Thus, a linear mono- disciplinary outlook is not anymore adequate in design pedagogy. Educators need to embrace a holistic approach and to activate new collaborations, to train experts capable of configuring and managing complex design activities. This paper analyses the rise of systemic thinking and its reverberations on design studies, with an overview of geographical and temporal contributions. It invites to reflect on the role of present-day designers and on the importance of embedding humanistic and economic values in the design knowledge. Furthermore, it illustrates the directions for a systemic transdisciplinary education in Master’s degree programs and Ph.D. courses in Design, aimed at providing the necessary tools to a new and responsible generation of professionals. The awareness of their important and influential roles in society should be inspiring and lead to the creation of innovative entrepreneurial activities