Project STAR stands for Project Science Teacher Academy for the Regions. It is “an organized scheme of capacity building efforts aimed at increasing instructional capacity and content knowledge of teachers with the end goal of enhancing the teaching and learning of science and mathematics”. Initiated by the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST – SEI) in the Philippines in 2013, it consists of contextualized teacher-training programs and other capacity-building activities that are designed to blend the latest pedagogical approaches and strategies with scientific and mathematical content. Project STAR has three main objectives: (1) to develop the capacity of science and mathematics teachers in the basic education and tertiary level; (2) to promote new strategies, and models as wells as concepts in teaching and learning of science and mathematics; and (3) to establish a professional learning community of S&M advocates/ experts for information and resource exchange. In doing so, it intends to provide the Filipino teacher with the skills and content mastery to deliver lessons effectively and efficiently. Ultimately, it hopes that by equipping teachers with the appropriate know-how, students of science and math will grow into productive and conscientious citizens of the nation and the world.

Author: April D. Valdez

Published in: London International Conference on Education (LICE-2023)

• Date of Conference: 13-15 November 2023
• DOI: 10.20533/LICE.2023.0023
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-66-2
• Conference Location: St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK