ECOSF invited to the Launch Ceremony of the Belt and Road Cross-Region Workshop for Teachers' Professional Development on E-STEM by CAST and BNU

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China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and Beijing N ormal University (BNU) hosted the launching ceremony of the Belt and Road Cross-Region Workshop for Teachers' Professional Development on E-STEM with special focus on the Project Based Learning (PBL) on December 11, 2021. The project has been planned, developed, and implemented by the Research Institute of Science Education of Beijing Normal University in collaboration with relevant partners. On behalf of ECOSF, President Prof. Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro participated in the launch event.

The launch ceremony was sponsored by China Center for International Science and Technology Exchange, Children and Youth Science Center (CYSC) of CAST, and China Education Innovation Institute of Beijing Normal University, and while it is being implemented by Yanhua Middle School in Beijing.

During the launch ceremony, the program leaders and experts highlighted objectives and goals of the E-STEM PBL, which aimed to bring together environmental/science educators from different countries and regions to develop and practice a series of E-STEM PBL courses and develop a network of teachers who can effectively implement E-STEM PBL.

The prime objective of this project is to promote the widespread use of E-STEM PBL in primary and secondary school. In the workshop, participants exchanged the ideas, pedagogy methodologies and curriculum strategies on environmental and energy themes.