The Design of a Pedagogical Seminar Course to Prepare Senior High School Students for Science and Technology Project

Regarding to the issue of building up the STEM workforce to drive Thailand move pass the middle-income trap, STEM school nurturing new generation STEM in high school education level was set. The pedagogy of learning in this school was designed by a backward design including the seminar course. In the first year of Grade 10th, seminar courses are generally provided for students in order to prepare for science and technology’s student Project in 11th grade. The learning outcomes are as important as the contents (Academic Comprehension), skills and attitude relevant to the traits and skills of school’s curriculum. To clarify, the seminar’s learning activity aims to encourage students constructing their knowledge and attitude through the journal reading including discussion and presentation with peers who are interested in the same field. According to the self-evaluation results, most students are able to develop academic contents, skill sets and attitude. The correlation of academic effectiveness of students between the seminar course and science technology projects was at a moderate level (0.52)