Ioannis Mousmoutis

IEEE Region 8 Educational Activities Subcommittee

IEEE Teacher In-Service Program WorkshopMay 9, 20153rd Central European SYP Congress (Zagreb, Croatia)

Understanding IEEE and IEEE’s Interest in Pre-University Education

Our Organization – IEEE

An international professional association dedicated to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering– as well as computer science, the allied branches of engineering,

and related arts and sciences

Established 130 years ago

Operating in 160+ countries

Has approximately 430,000 members – The largest technical professional association in the world

– $350M annual budget

– Headquartered in New York City, NY, USA

Employs 1000+ professional staff 2

IEEE’s Principal Activities

Organizing the professional community– Based on geographic distribution and areas of interest

Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art

Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

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IEEE’s Principal Activities

Developing technical standards – Approximately 1,400 standards at present

Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public – Including students and teachers in the pre-

university system

Improving the understanding of engineering, technology and computing by the public

Recognizing the leaders of the profession– Awards and membership grades

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IEEE’s Organizational Chart

IEEE Members

IEEE Board of Directors IEEE Assembly Chaired by the President and CEO

Publication Services and Products

Technical Activities

Educational Activities

Member and Geographical Activities

Standards Association IEEE USA

Technical Societies Local Sections

IEEE Major Boards

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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education?

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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education?

In the most developed nations there is a noticeable decline in young people interested in Engineering, Computing and Technology

–This is a concern for the future of these communities. This decline could have a negative impact on the standard of living

It is in our stated and un-stated mission to tackle the problem head-on and produce positive results

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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education?

The demands of the 21st century will require technological innovation to deliver

advanced technologies in developed countries

infrastructure solutions in developing countries

In several countries, the level of mathematics and science literacy may be one indication of potential loss of future competitiveness

There have been flat or declining engineering enrollments in most developed nations

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OECD Program

OECD Directorate for Education devotes a major effort to the development and analysis of quantitative indicators for the review of education systems and performance

Poland, Austria and other Central European Countries are Partner countries in the study

PISA = Programme for International Student Assessment– Surveys of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized

countries.

– Every three years, PISA compares outcomes on measures of reading literacy, mathematics and science

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*OECD Average: The arithmetic mean of the respective country estimates. Based on a total of 34 OECD and 31 Partner countries.

Source: PISA 2012 Results: What Students Know and Can Do (Volume I) - © OECD 2013

A snapshot: average scores on science literacy scale, by country

Mean Score

  Mathematics Science

OECD Average* 494 501

Shanghai - China 613 580Poland 518 526Austria 506 506Slovenia 501 514Czech Republic 499 508Russia 482 486Slovakia 482 471Sweden 478 485Croatia 471 491Greece 453 467Turkey 448 463Bulgaria 439 446