80 Selected Malaysian STEM Teachers Receive Special Programme from Office Climate Education (OCE) Paris in line with the UNESCO Greening Education Partnership
CAPTION: The Inauguration Ceremony of the Climate Change Education Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) Pedagogical Capacity-Building Workshop For 80 STEM Teachers by Her Highness Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana binti Al Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah, the official representative of His Royal Highness, The Regent of Pahang at I-KPKT, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang
BUKIT TINGGI, PAHANG, 9 OCTOBER 2023 – A momentous occasion in the realm of education and environmental consciousness took place today as Her Highness Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana binti Al Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah, the official representative of His Royal Highness, The Regent of Pahang, officiated the opening ceremony of the Capacity Building Workshop for STEM Teachers in Climate Change Education through Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE).
This event marks the inauguration of The Climate Change Education Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) Pedagogical Capacity Building Workshop for STEM Teachers, a transformative six-day workshop under the Eco-Schools Malaysia programme, jointly organised by the Green Growth Asia Foundation (GGAF), Institute of Local Government Development (I-KPKT) and the Office for Climate Education (OCE) Paris, with support from the Teachers Professionalism Division (BPG), Ministry of Education (MOE).
Tengku Puteri Ilyana, the Royal Patron for Eco-Schools Pahang, has been a strong advocate for climate change education, emphasising the importance of educating all educators and youth on climate change.
Her Highness remarked, “Today, we are proud to witness the launch of a groundbreaking initiative, a partnership between the Green Growth Asia Foundation and the Office of Climate Education in Paris, which seeks to empower our STEM educators with the knowledge and tools they need to effectively teach climate change using the inquiry-based science education pedagogy.”
Green Growth Asia Foundation (GGAF), the organiser of this transformative event and the national operator of Eco-Schools Malaysia, has been a trailblazer in promoting climate change education in Malaysia with the intention towards empowering youth in individual climate action.
Datuk Ir. Ts. Dr. Mahadi Mohamad, Executive Director of Green Growth Asia Foundation said, “With the coming decade of action in 2030, world governments are scrambling to undo the regression of sustainable development goals that came about by the pandemic while making economic recovery possible. With that realisation, we at the GGAF re-aligned our thematic shift by focusing on Empowering Individual Climate Action.”
This programme was crafted especially for STEM teachers to participate, engage, get creative and contribute to knowledge sharing with the input from OCE trainers. The programme content focuses on:
- Climate Change in Malaysia : Local Impacts and Solution
- Greenhouse Effect and Climate System
- Ocean and Climate
- The IBSL and the active pedagogies
- Lesson Plan Development
- Poster Installation and Project Presentation (Pre-Assignment)
- Soil and Agriculture
- Biodiversity & Climate Change
- Climate Justice and emotions related to climate change
- Producing locally relevant project and presentation
- Presentation about Eco-Schools and the project-based learning
- Presentation of OCE Resources for the classes and Evaluation of the workshop
Apart from discussions, hands-on activities and competitions, the teachers will also enjoy an educational excursion to the Berjaya Hills Botanical Garden in Bukit Tinggi.
Her Highness, Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana binti Al Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah, looks forward to receptiveness of the Malaysian government and the Ministry of Education to ensure all Malaysian teachers build their capacity in climate change education for the future generation to embrace climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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