Table 4 STEM schools design principles
From: Identity evolution of STEM teachers in Egyptian STEM schools in a time of transition: a case study
Principle | Description |
|---|---|
Principle 1 | Value and consolidate progressive education practices, including project-based learning, to prepare students to demonstrate their ability to think independently, creatively, and analytically |
Principle 2 | Prepare students to be scientifically, mathematically, and technologically literate and proficient, able to apply their understanding to advance creativity, innovation, and invention with a real-world vision |
Principle 3 | Promote an environment of questioning, collaboration, and high level of communication |
Principle 4 | Value and promote self-motivation, self-direction, and lifelong learning |
Principle 5 | Engage partnership to accelerate school capacity and broaden student, teacher, and administrative opportunity |
Principle 6 | Ensure all graduating students will be admitted to and be competitive in a university and then in the Egyptian labor market as well as the world labor market |
Principle 7 | Foster the development of socially responsible leaders with consciousness and eye toward a more contemporary Egypt—solving the future while addressing the largest grand challenges |