Experimento in Peru
Encouraging personal initiative
Program
Experimento is Siemens Stiftung’s international STEM education program. It is based on the principle of inquiry-based learning, in which students actively shape their individual learning processes. The focus is on independent experimentation, research and understanding of phenomena in the subject areas of energy, environment and health.
Overview
Overview of Experimento in Peru
- Experimento implemented since 2013, mostly in primary schools and through extracurricular activities
- Teacher training opportunities in the Piura, Gran Lima, and Urubamba valley regions in addition to the southern part of Peru
- Evolved into the program “Ciencias para todos – Experimento”
- Emphasis on implementing creative, cultural, and artistic elements into STEM education
- Training for about 1,170 educators
- Around 97,000* children reached
* The number assumes that every instructed kindergarten or elementary school teacher shares the knowledge 5 times with one group or class, and a subject teacher shares it 5 times with two classes.
»Experimento nurtures the personal initiative. Teachers don’t dictate – they guide, encourage, and inspire.«
Country-specific developments
- Ciencia para todos – Experimento
Instituto APOYO adapted Experimento for primary schools to meet the specifications of the national curriculum, adding its own content to create an expanded version of the program: “Ciencias para todos – Experimento.” The educational resources are available for download in the Centro de Recursos Educativos Abiertos (CREA) of Siemens Stiftung. - STEAM: Implementing creative, cultural, and artistic elements
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia has introduced STEM education as a continuing education program for teachers and has offered a certification program since 2018. In addition, the university provides creative, extracurricular STEM workshops for students from kindergarten through middle school on a wide range of subjects. Their program “Diviértete y aprende” (“Have fun and learn”) is special for creating a deliberate link between science and technology (Experimento) content and creative, cultural, and artistic aspects – building bridges to other disciplines in a way that shows how holistic and imaginative science and technology can be.
Partners
Adapting content and implementing continuing education
Contact
Head of Siemens Stiftung Regional Office
Ulrike Wahl
ulrike.wahl@siemens-stiftung.org
+56 9 61 76 70 41
Directora General Instituto APOYO
Mayte Morales
mmorales@institutoapoyo.org.pe
+51 12 01 80 70
Head of pre-university at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Hugo Antonio Flores Liñán
hugo.flores@upch.pe
+51 1 44 86 85