RECSAM 50th Anniversary Coffee Table Book

47 Milestones 3 • For the fi rst time, the Centre signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PEMENANG (Persatuan Melayu Pulau Pinang) to foster collaboration in the development of school students’ science and mathematics performance in public examination in the selected schools in Penang • For the fi rst time, certi fi cates were presented during assembly for staffs achieving awards at international/regional/ national levels • The SEAMEO Borderless School research project continued with piloting of instruments and trialing of e-platforms involving several groups of SEAMEO educators • Other research projects carried out by the Centre: » Strengthening STEM Curricula for Girls in Africa and Asia and the Paci fi c (Phase 1) » STEM Teachers’ Mindset October 2014 • The First PISA Symposium on “Understanding PISA and its Impact on Educational Effectiveness and Policy Initiatives” was convened November 2014 • For the fi rst time, the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) were offered to science teachers / educators from Paci fi c Islands Forum (PIF) and Latin American countries • SEAMEO Basic Education Standards (SEA-BES)and Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Regional Consultative Meeting were organised and hosted by RECSAM and SEAMES with fi nancial support from UNICEF East Asia Paci fi c Regional Of fi ce (EAPRO) Bangkok, Thailand • Tenth Five-Year Plan (July 2015 to June 2020) • The SEARS-MT (Southeast Asian Regional Standards for Mathematics Teachers), SEARS- ST (Southeast Asian Regional Standards for Science Teachers), MMTQS (Malaysian Mathematics Teacher Quality Standards) and MSTQS (Malaysian Science Teacher Quality Standards) executive summaries fi nal reports were published • On-going research projects: » SEAMEO Basic Education Standards (SEA-BES): Workshop Series on the Development of the Common Core Regional Learning Standards (CCRLS) in Science and Mathematics with fi nancial support from British Council Regional Of fi ce, British Council Thailand, IPST Thailand and SEAMES » SEAMEO LeSMaT (Borderless) was renamed from SEAMEO Borderless School after ‘Critical Success Factor’ (CSF) workshop » Assessment on Transversal Competencies : A Case Study in Malaysia » Impact Study of Higher Order Thinking Skills Programme ESD Mainstreaming (Sustainability Science) » Assessment on Socio-Scienti fi c Understanding • For the fi rst time, the Centre signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UUM (Universiti Utara Malaysia) to conduct "Basic Electronics and Robotics” with Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Padang Terap and UUM for a group of school students from Kedah as part of the Centre’s CSR initiatives 2014 2015 » Southeast Asia Primary Leaning Metrics (SEA-PLM) » Research on the Practice of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among Mathematics Teachers in Penang » The fi rst MTCP (Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme) Course was conducted with funding support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia » RECSAM signed MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia March 2014 • The ninth ‘Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists’ (SSYS) was held with the theme “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for Sustainable Development”. Other activities included public viewing, networking and blended-mode forum integrating Skype