Providing Creative Environments for Young STEM Talents’ Research Projects  

作　　者：Tobias Schüttler Dieter Hausamann 

机构地区：[1]Ludwig-Maximilian University and German Aerospace Center,Wessling,Germany [2]German Aerospace Center,Wessling,Germany

出　　处：《US-China Education Review(A)》2020年第6期260-272,共13页美中教育评论（A）

基　　金：the German Aerospace Center DLR is gratefully acknowledged.Sincere thanks are given to Prof Kurt Heller,Prof.Franz Mönks(†March 10th,2020),Prof.Christian Fischer,and to the University of Münster’s International Center of Giftedness for their key inputs and basic concepts of giftedness.Furthermore,the authors thank Dr.Stanislav Zelenda,as well as Matthias Taulien and Dr.Rolf Piffer,for a long-term fruitful cooperation with TALNET and the Hector Seminar,respectively.This work would not have been possible without essential contributions from the DLR_School_Lab team Oberpfaffenhofen.Finally,the authors gratefully acknowledge the linguistic improvement of the text by Ursula Rapp.

摘　　要：Innovative research projects are especially suited for supporting talents by bringing them into close contact with state-of-the-art research and development in the area of science,technology,engineering,and mathematics(STEM).A stimulating project with clearly defined objective groups of gifted school students can raise their limits of previous knowledge.By means of self-structured team action they are enabled to conduct targeted research and develop a defined innovative result—A product.This paper presents two practical examples of aerospace-related school student research projects,namely,the“TALNET Robotics-Dart Contest”with Charles University Prague and the Hector Seminar Project“Galileo Simulator,”including their basic conception,organizational conditions,and the essential aspects of planning and implementation.The supporting and stimulating role of teachers,university students and scientists is emphasized,especially by initiating a creative project idea and by structuring the project in an adequate way:Due to the great importance of creativity for all phases of such projects,the basic concepts of creativity and giftedness are addressed.Furthermore,it is demonstrated that project-based learning(PBL)provides a suitable concept for such complex research activities.

关 键 词：science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) GIFTED and talented students CREATIVITY teacher education student research projects PROJECT-BASED learning space-education 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]