Nurturing Talents Through Research Projects for Sustainable Community Development

Nurturing Talents Through Research Projects for Sustainable Community Development

  • Submitted By: shokmee
  • Date Submitted: 02/16/2010 12:54 AM
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Nurturing Talents through Research Projects for Sustainable Community Development
Lee Shok Mee SEAMEO RECSAM, Penang, Malaysia shokmee_lee@recsam.edu.my The 6th Regional Congress for the „Search for SEAMEO Yong Scientists‟ (SSYS) was held on 3-6 March 2008 at SEAMEO RECSAM, Penang where 18 science and 12 mathematics research projects were exhibited by about 100 young scientists from the secondary schools of 8 ASEAN countries. Though the main aim of the congress was to provide a venue for our talented youths to share and disseminate of information on their scientific and mathematical research projects, a competition was held concurrently to give recognition to the quality of the projects which were judged based on the creativity of the exhibit, verbal presentation and interactive communication skills, written report, and significance of the project in-line with the theme „Sustainable Community Development through Science and Mathematics‟. This paper reveals briefly on the projects presented, and then based on author‟s direct observations on the exhibits and personalities of the researchers, informal discussions and interactions with the young scientists, written reports, together with the feedback from the judges, attempts to gauge the relevancy of the application of scientific and mathematical knowledge into technological problem-solving activities to address sustainable development. SSYS was first held in 1999 and, since then, has been held every two years with a specific theme. This year, the scientific and mathematical research projects showcased by our talented ASEAN youths augurs well in synonymous with the theme of this conference „Nurturing Talents for the Global Community’. INTRODUCTION SEAMEO1 RECSAM2 holds a biannual event in Penang termed „the Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists (SSYS)‟ for the secondary school students from ASEAN3. In this event, the student scientists exhibit, share and disseminate information on their scientific and mathematical...

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