Experimento in Kenya – Impact Stories – George Gichamba
“Everything that you see is Science. And if we can only help the learners to open up that small curiosity that is in them and we widen it, I am telling you that those learners can go to limits that we never thought. But: You as a STEM teacher have a responsibility to probe that curiosity” (George Gichamba, Hon. John Njoroge Secondary 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, George Gichamba, teacher at Hon. John Njoroge Secondary School, Nairobi County, talks about his experience with using Experimento in the classroom.