Experimento in Kenya – Impact Stories – Mark Twara
“I used to talk a lot and at the end of the day I found myself exhausted. After using the Experimento teaching methods I teach easily and learners perform higher as it is used before.” (Mark Twara, Riruta Primary School, Nairobi County)
Experimento is Siemens Stiftung’s international STEM education program. It is based on the principle of inquiry-based learning, which sees students actively shaping their individual learning processes. The focus is on independently experimenting with, studying, and understanding phenomena relating to energy, the environment, and health.
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Coordinated by the NGO Impacting Youth Trust and in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Experimento has been used in STEM classes in Kenya since 2014. The inquiry-based learning method is directly linked to the agenda of the Kenyan Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and its new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). In addition to the 4 Cs (Communication & Collaboration, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Creativity & Imagination, Citizenship), the focus is on connecting the curriculum content to the professional world.
In this video, Mark Twara, teacher at Riruta Primary School, Nairobi County, talks about her experience with using Experimento in the classroom.