We would like to invite you to join the following STEM-related Mentorship Programme. Programme details are as below:
Title of the Programme:
Developing Students’ Innovation Competency through Advanced STEM Learning Experience
(STEM 進階學習體驗計劃：發展學生創新能力)
Programme Provider:
Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Theme:
STEM related Mentorship Programme
Maximum No. of Participants and Class Level in the 2021/22 School Year:
40 students (Secondary 1 - 4)
Pre-requisite:
No special background knowledge or skills are required.
Programme Delivery Period:
July 2022 to February 2023 (8 months) (tentative)
Medium of Instruction:
Course Material: English supplemented with Chinese for important technical terms
Class teaching/ Discussion: English supplemented with Cantonese where necessary
Objectives:
- To broaden and enhance gifted students’ knowledge and skills required in studies of STEM-related disciplines;
- To develop the STEM and innovation competency of students;
- To promote students’ awareness and understanding of the development of cutting-edge research in STEM-related disciplines;
- To inspire students to pursue further studies of STEM-related disciplines and seek for STEM-related careers in future; and
- To nurture positive values and attitudes among students such as responsibility, perseverance, resilience, empathy, respect and willingness to collaborate with people, etc.
Programme Outline
Phase I: STEM-related Training Courses (39 hours in total)
• This phase will first introduce, through a number of compulsory courses, various soft skills such as thinking skills, proposal writing skills and foundation knowledge necessary for learning the subsequent parts of the programme.
• Hands-on design and thinking workshops are then provided to broaden and enhance students’ knowledge in selected themes of physics, chemistry and biology, or programming, robots, food science and technology subject to the choice of students. The workshops are interdisciplinary in nature and students will need to apply their STEM knowledge and thinking skills to complete the learning tasks.
• Before proceeding to the next phase, students will submit a research proposal as an interim assessment.
Phase II: Research Mentorship Programme (20 hours in total)
• Students will conduct research under mentorship and support of academics and helpers in this phase of the programme. Being divided into the science stream and the engineering stream, students will have meetings and practical sessions with their mentors according to the agreed arrangements.
• Research topics for students of the science stream are classified as chemical sciences, life sciences or physical sciences whereas students of the engineering stream will study and develop robotics and AI, smart devices or food technology.
• Students will produce deliverables such as a physical/ virtual prototype, a project report, a research paper, etc. by the end of this phase.
Phase III: Student Academic Conference (1 day)
• A distinguished guest speaker will be invited to deliver a keynote speech in a student academic conference organised by the programme provider.
• Students will participate in the conference and showcase their learning outcomes and talents. They will present their designs or research results with the aids of presentation files, posters, video clips, etc. to participants which may include parents, teachers and other guests.
* In view of the latest development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme provider may need to modify the learning and teaching activities as a contingency.
Admission Fee
Free of charge
Application Method
Application form can be downloaded from the following webpage:
https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/curriculum-area/gifted/ge_fund/gef/programme/current.html
Please complete the application form and send it by post on or before 27 May 2022 to the following address:
Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers
Room 2396, 2/F, Lifts 17/18, Academic Building
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
(Attn: Prof. WOO Kam-tim)
Any enquiries, please contact us at abfye@ust.hk or 3469 2618.