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Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential

The Practical Education Network (PEN) trains teachers to use hands-on learning activities to inspire students to love STEM subjects. Credits: Image: Courtesy of Practical Education Network

News | Mar 03, 2022 | Zach Winn

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Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential

The magic of science with everyday tools in Ghana; Heather Beem’s PEN story

Heather Beem wants every science student on the continent to be able to understand and remember meiosis or Newton’s First Law of Motion because they were taught in such a memorable way. Through Practical Education Network (PEN), she has started this mission in Ghana to help teachers find tools around them to teach their students better. This is her life in tech.

News | Sep 23, 2020 | Kay Ugwuede

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The magic of science with everyday tools in Ghana; Heather Beem’s PEN story

Childlike Creativity: Teaching the Design Process to Elementary Schoolers in Thailand

A classroom snapshot from Week 2, during which the students worked on solutions for problems in their school.

Blog | Sep 10, 2018 | Zion Perry, D-Lab: Education & Learning student (MIT 2020)

Childlike Creativity: Teaching the Design Process to Elementary Schoolers in Thailand

Teaching the Engineering Design Process in Lopburi, Thailand

The MIT D-Lab team and a translator greet students at the beginning of class.

Blog | Sep 04, 2018 | Katherine Wang, D-Lab: Education & Learning student, spring 2018

Teaching the Engineering Design Process in Lopburi, Thailand

Report from the Field: D-Lab: Education, Uganda

Nai Kalema in Jinja, Uganda, with students from St. Stephen's School.

Blog | Aug 26, 2014 | Nai Kalema, D-Lab: Education Student (and D-Lab staff member)

Report from the Field: D-Lab: Education, Uganda

Teaching Electronics to Sixth Grade Students from Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The author, Farita Tasnim '19 (fourth from right) with students in her summer Youth Electronics Program in Bangladesh.

Blog | Oct 01, 2017 | Farita Tasnim '19

Teaching Electronics to Sixth Grade Students from Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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