STEM Talk for 190 teachers in Miri, Sarawak

STEM Outreach Head Dr Ong Kiah Ju delivered two talks titled “𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲” and “𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮” (STEAM Education) to 190 teachers in Miri, Sarawak on 4 August 2023. The teachers assembled to gain insights from the talks.

At the STEM Education and Future talk, Dr Ong spoke about the changing world, the industrial revolution, future jobs, skills needed in the future and STEM education. Meanwhile, the Creative Science Drama talk saw Dr Ong sharing the objective and examples of science fiction movies, creative science drama, types of creative science drama and how to implement creative science drama.

Dr Ong shared, “The top 10 skills in 2023 are analytic thinking, creative thinking, resilience, flexibility and agility, motivation and self-awareness, curiosity and lifelong learning, technological literacy, attention to detail, empathy and active listening, leadership and social influence, and quality control.”

Dr Ong added, “Jobs in STEM are predicted to grow by 14.2 per cent, twice as fast as non-STEM jobs at 7.4 per cent. Sixty-five per cent of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist.”

190 teachers assembled to gain insights from the talks

Dr Ong (standing) during the talk