{"id":656,"date":"2016-08-15T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/"},"modified":"2016-09-08T20:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T20:22:16","slug":"special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-chile\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/h2>\n<p>In recent years, the Ministry of Education has developed educational programs that aim to provide instructional support and resource materials in every subject area, including science and mathematics. The most prominent program in recent years has been the Shared Support Plan, implemented in more than 1,000 schools across the country since March 2011. The Shared Support Plan incorporates learning methodologies that have been successful in Chile and in other countries and focuses on strengthening the capacity of schools by providing educational resources through the fourth grade, including daily scheduling and lesson plans, student workbooks, and assessments for monitoring student progress.<sup>40<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><em>Explora<\/em> is another national program, created in 1995 by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (<em>CONICYT<\/em>) to provide non-formal education in science and technology. Its aim is to develop the use of science and technology in the community. The program focuses on children and school age young people, in particular, and fosters a scientific culture to improve the quality of life in the country. Program initiatives include the following: guidance of scholarly research; national contests, regional congresses, and national school conventions on science and technology; Explore Chile Go camps; and activity books.<sup>41<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Under <em>Enlaces<\/em>, which sought to implement educational practices that would contribute to improving performance in mathematics and English in the 2012\u20132013 school year, educational institutions were invited to take part in another project that provided digital educational resources as well as guidance on their implementation. The project focused on improving achievement in mathematics in Grades 3 and 4, and in English in Grades 5 to 8.<sup>42<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education In recent years, the Ministry of Education has developed educational programs that aim to provide instructional support and resource materials in every subject area, including science and mathematics. The most prominent program in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chile\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":116,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5471,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656\/revisions\/5471"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}