TY - GEN
T1 - Designing a proficient academic science education for the gifted youth
AU - Pyetan, Erez
AU - Oni-Grinberg, Adar
AU - Nevo, Uri
AU - Shofty, Shira
AU - Yankielowicz, Shimon
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Future Scientists' and Inventors' Program at Tel Aviv University was initiated by the Israeli president, Mr. Shimon Peres, in response to the decline in the number of students applying to scientific and technological studies. The program is tailored for the proficient nourishment of gifted teenagers. Our vision is to create a scientific community whose members are committed, skillful and happy to collaborate and share. Our courses go beyond mere enrichment for leisure or acquisition of academic merits. We offer a worthwhile purpose for the so-far unchallenged youth. The program demands academic standards, hard work, and is designed to take young teenagers through a journey of revelation, following the historical process of scientific thought. Instead of formal lectures, our lessons assume the form of discussion, during which the students are encouraged to take part in the development of scientific discoveries. The students search for questions, experience the excitement of discovery as well as its difficulties and limitations, and deeply understand the basics of the material. After four years of running the program, we achieved great results: our young students have passed difficult undergraduate exams with exceptionally high grades, and our senior students have already started partaking in actual academic research. Our program demonstrates a method for maximizing gifted children's potential, and arousing their passion for scientific work. In addition, a young community of scientists is formed within the program, and its members develop the skills to work together, consult peers and are positively committed to high quality scientific research.
AB - The Future Scientists' and Inventors' Program at Tel Aviv University was initiated by the Israeli president, Mr. Shimon Peres, in response to the decline in the number of students applying to scientific and technological studies. The program is tailored for the proficient nourishment of gifted teenagers. Our vision is to create a scientific community whose members are committed, skillful and happy to collaborate and share. Our courses go beyond mere enrichment for leisure or acquisition of academic merits. We offer a worthwhile purpose for the so-far unchallenged youth. The program demands academic standards, hard work, and is designed to take young teenagers through a journey of revelation, following the historical process of scientific thought. Instead of formal lectures, our lessons assume the form of discussion, during which the students are encouraged to take part in the development of scientific discoveries. The students search for questions, experience the excitement of discovery as well as its difficulties and limitations, and deeply understand the basics of the material. After four years of running the program, we achieved great results: our young students have passed difficult undergraduate exams with exceptionally high grades, and our senior students have already started partaking in actual academic research. Our program demonstrates a method for maximizing gifted children's potential, and arousing their passion for scientific work. In addition, a young community of scientists is formed within the program, and its members develop the skills to work together, consult peers and are positively committed to high quality scientific research.
KW - pilot programs
KW - pre-university population
KW - research and education
KW - university and industry
KW - youth education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903481613&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826178
DO - 10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826178
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AN - SCOPUS:84903481613
SN - 9781479931910
T3 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
SP - 751
EP - 754
BT - 2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2014 4th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference: Engineering Education Towards Openness and Sustainability, IEEE EDUCON 2014
Y2 - 3 April 2014 through 5 April 2014
ER -