{"id":755,"date":"2016-08-15T20:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/germany\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:51:08","slug":"special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/germany\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-germany\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/germany\/\" 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\/germany\/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\/germany\/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\/germany\/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\/germany\/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\/germany\/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\/germany\/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\/germany\/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\/germany\/suggested-readings\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/germany\/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>A number of European, national, and regional initiatives are designed to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.<sup>44<\/sup> These four subjects usually are referred to as the MINT subjects in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>At the national level, some of these initiatives are associated with the High-Tech Strategy, which was launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2006, and was further developed in 2014.<sup>45<\/sup> The strategy aims to support the development of new products, innovative training, and continuing education services to meet the increasing demand for highly skilled workers in Germany.<sup>46<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) initiatives include Science Days, which focus on career orientation and typically are organized by associations, societies, or foundations and attract more than 18,000 visitors;<sup>47<\/sup> targeted education programs at museums of technology or natural science; mathematical and scientific competitions, such as Youth Research (<em>Jugend forscht<\/em>);<sup>48<\/sup> university activities for children (e.g., touring the university and participating in children\u2019s university lectures); and special vacation academies to support the talent and development of youth in STEM subjects. Some of these programs, such as Girls\u2019 Day and Boys\u2019 Day, introduce boys and girls to career possibilities in which men or women are underrepresented.<sup>49,50<\/sup> In addition, the National Pact for Women in STEM Professions\u2014a program that aims to increase the proportion of women in STEM careers\u2014sponsors projects that target girls and women.<sup>51<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education A number of European, national, and regional initiatives are designed to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.44 These four subjects usually are referred to as the MINT subjects &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/germany\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":137,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755","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=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4234,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions\/4234"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}