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Program Schedule
Conferment of Honorary Degree and UM’s Doctor honoris causa Lecture –
“Taking a Scientific Approach to Science Education”
April 25, 2017 University of Macau
Building a New Culture for STEM Education in Asia
April 26, 2017 University of Macau
Wednesday, 26 April 2016
| Time | Event | Location (map) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30am‐ 9:00am | Registration and Breakfast | E4-G062 | |
| 9:00am‐ 9:15am | Opening Sesson Remarks by Prof. Lionel NI, VRAA, University of Macau | E4-G062 | |
| 9:15am‐ 10:15am | Plenary 1 Taking a Scientific Approach to the Learning and Teaching of Science and Engineering Carl Edwin WIEMAN Professor of Physics and Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, USA | E4-G062 | |
| 10:15am‐ 11:00am | Plenary 2 How Universities Can Help Secondary/Primary schools in STEM – HK as Example Tai Kai NG Professor of Physics Department of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR | E4-G062 | |
| 11:00am‐ 11:15am | Break | E4 Lobby | |
| 11:15am‐12:00pm | Plenary 3 The STEM Study Contest: New Initiative to Make a Large-scale Performance-based Assessment Reliable & Feasible in China Xingkai LUO Director & Professor of Research Institute of Science Education of Guangxi Normal University, P.R. China | E4-G062 | |
| 12:00pm‐ 12:45pm | Plenary 4 STEM Education in Singapore: Where to Next? Yew Jin LEE Associate Professor of Natural Sciences & Science Education Academic Group and National Institute of Education of Nanyang technological University, Singapore | E4-G062 | |
| 12:45pm‐ 1:00pm | Coffee Break | E4 Lobby | |
| 1:00pm‐ 1:45pm | Closing Panel: Insights, Reflections and What Next? Carl Edwin WIEMAN, Yew Jin LEE, Xingkai LUO, Xin SONG, and Tai Kai NG Moderated by Prof. Spencer BENSON | E4-G062 | |
| 1:45pm - 14:30pm | Lunch | E4 Lobby |