Ghana_Lab_Education presentation 2014 - 2

Ghana_Lab_Education presentation 2014 - 2

1. D-Lab Ghana Team Akwaaba !

2. People and Places Partners School teachers & administrators GAST PEN KNUST Creativity Group HackedLabs Team Communities New Longoro Accra

3. Brong-Ahafo Region Primary school: 22.3% Middle school: 23.3% High school: 11.2% Further education: 1.3%

4. Primary School Science Lessons

5. Junior Secondary Schools Science Practicals

6. Senior Secondary School Science Laboratory Phase 0. School Construction

7. Senior Secondary School Science Laboratory Phase I. Space Preparation

8. Senior Secondary School Science Laboratory Phase II. Stocking/Inventory

9. Senior Secondary School Science Laboratory Phase III. Construction

10. Senior Secondary School Science Laboratory Phase IV. Using the Lab

11. Example: Hydropower Module

12. Fieldwork: Working with Teachers

13. Sustainability: Income Generation for Supplies, Future D-Lab Trips

14. Tentative Schedule August New Longoro : Run workshop, collect feedback (Optional) Late August – Sept Accra: Adjust workshop, run with GAST, test follow-up platform (mobile)

15. Design a teacher training workshop that infuses national standards with hands-on activities Goal : Equip teachers to lead interactive science practicals in their classrooms Now that there’s a newly built lab at New Longoro Schools, we’ll work with the teachers to help them use it! Class Project Scope

16. Mentors include Ghana Association of Science Teachers (GAST) and Practical Education Network (PEN) As a starting point: Shika na Mikono - resource with hands-on activities for the full national TZ curriculum

17. Practical Education Network Founded in 2011 by a team of MIT students/alums with a passion for engineering education