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SDG4-2 Evidence 1
Teacher Professional Development Application and Research Center
We share the details of more than 100 events organized by the ÖGAM-BAUSTEM Center in the news section of our portal. You can access the details of our events via the link below. Our 2018-2019 activity report, summarizing our activities for that year, is also attached.
https://inteach.org/son-haberler/
Competition Requirements (7th STEM Lesson Plan Competition, Submission Deadline: 2 December 2019)
The aim of the STEM: Integrated Teaching Project, carried out within the Bahçeşehir University Teacher Professional Development Application and Research Center (ÖGAM – BAUSTEM), is to contribute to the professional development of science and mathematics teachers. To this end, the STEM Lesson Plan Competition is held twice a year to identify the most outstanding lesson plans to be featured on the INTEACH portal (http://inteach.org)), which consists of resources emphasizing innovative methods and is open to all teachers.
Lesson plans selected after evaluation by an expert team are shared openly online together with the names of the teachers and schools. Teachers who produce highly innovative lesson plans receive various awards. The most outstanding lesson plans may be published in the "STEM Theory and Practice”" book series.
- All lesson plans that pass the preliminary evaluation will be featured on the INTEACH portal.
- A plaque of appreciation will be presented to the administrator of the school with the highest number of lesson plans passing the preliminary evaluation.
Participation Requirements:
1. Classroom teachers at the primary school level; science, mathematics or information technologies teachers at the middle school level; and biology, physics, chemistry or mathematics teachers at the high school level, working in public or private schools, may participate individually.
2. Lesson plans should be developed in accordance with theSTEM Lesson Plan Template.
3. STEM lesson plans must be implemented by teachers in their own schools before being submitted to the competition. After implementation, the lesson plans and theTeacher Self-Evaluation Formmust be uploaded to the system.
4. Teachers accept that all lesson plans they submit will be published openly on the INTEACH portal, and declare that they have quoted content only with proper citation in accordance with fair use rules and that they will be held responsible in case of plagiarism.
NOTE: Teachers will upload their lesson plans and self-evaluation forms oninteach.orgvia the "Add Resource”" section. Lesson plans of participants in the 2018-2019 STEM Lead Teacher Professional Development Program should not be uploaded to the system.
Evaluation:
All lesson plans that follow the STEM Lesson Plan Template, are submitted with the Teacher Self-Evaluation Form, are written in fluent Turkish, are in .pdf format with a file size not exceeding 5 MB, and have a neat layout will, after preliminary review, be evaluated according to the four main criteria below, and the results will be announced onhttp://inteach.org.
Lesson plans will be evaluated according to the principles of the STEM: Integrated Teaching Framework, which can be summarized as follows:
- Equity: Addressing the readiness of every student;
- Interdisciplinarity: Including interdisciplinary practices without neglecting the knowledge and skills of the core discipline;
- Depth in the Field: Supporting the knowledge and skills of the core subject while offering depth and originality beyond the curriculum;
- Relevance: Relating to the experiences of students and teachers in the contexts of 21st-century life.
Key Documents: (Click on the documents to download.)
2. Annotated STEM Lesson Plan Template
3. Teacher Self-Evaluation Form
