exchange and cooperation of young talents across the Taiwan Strait, on July 9th, the "Quanjia Qinchuang Future" Lu-Tai Youth Science and Education Exchange Festival kicked off at Licheng No. 2 Middle School in Jinan City. Nearly 200 people, including teachers and students from schools on the island such as Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung University of Science and Technology, and Taoyuan City Dacheng High School, as well as people from the fields of education, culture, and science and technology, were invited to attend the event.

A Scan of Global Science Education Hotspots in 2023

Changchun has left a significant mark in the history of China's space development. The Jingyue High-tech Zone in Changchun enjoys favorable advantages in education, industry, and cultural tourism. To stimulate the strong interest of young people in scientific and technological innovation, on the 8th, the "Seed Plan" activity organized by the Zumeng Xingchen Space Science, Education, Culture and Hotel was officially launched.

Science education holds an indispensable and significant position in cultivating scientific and technological talents as well as innovative talents, including the imparting of scientific inquiry methods, the cultivation of scientific attitudes, and the nurturing of innovative spirit and practical abilities.

On November 9, 2023, the 42nd session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Assembly resolved to establish the UNESCO International Institute for STEM Education (UNESCO IISTEM) in Shanghai, China, marking the international community's efforts to enhance the development and promotion of STEM education globally. It also indicates that the international community attaches great importance to the crucial role of STEM education in the global digital transformation. STEM education aims to cultivate future innovative digital technology talents and promote the global development of STEM education, which is conducive to addressing the profound and complex impacts of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation on sustainable development and the labor market.

Abstract: Science education is a "compulsory course" for the growth of teenagers and a necessary way for their all-round development. To enhance science education for teenagers, it is necessary to clarify the value implications of science education, establish a correct view of science education, give full play to the irreplaceable role of science and technology venues in science education both inside and outside schools, promote the coordinated development of science education both inside and outside schools, and thereby provide an inexhaustible driving force for promoting the healthy growth and all-round development of teenagers, cultivating innovative talents, and building a world-class science and technology power.

In the guiding spirit of "innovating and developing in practice and making contributions to talent cultivation", the Youth Science and Technology Center takes it as its responsibility to enhance the scientific literacy of young people, cultivate reserve talents for scientific and technological innovation in the new era and socialist builders and successors, and earnestly conducts research on the laws of talent growth. It has successively collaborated with first-class domestic and international scientific and technological education research institutions such as the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, Beijing Normal University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Science and Technology Evaluation Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Beihang University, and East China Normal University, and carried out more than ten research projects. It has formed research achievements in areas such as the cultivation of top-notch reserve talents, international science and technology education policies, and working mechanisms, which are in line with international science and technology education and based on practice. We will successively release the main research results to the public through our official account.

Due to the lack of natural resources, Singapore has placed particular emphasis on human resources, especially the cultivation of scientific literacy among teenagers, since its independence. Through a series of measures, Singapore has achieved remarkable results in science and technology education in both formal and informal Settings, which offers certain inspirations for the science and technology education of teenagers in our country.

Policies and Development of International Youth Science and Technology Education - Youth Science and Technology Education in Canada

As a major country in science and technology, since the end of World War II, Japan's science and technology policy has undergone three policy shifts, from a trade-oriented nation strategy, a technology-oriented nation strategy to a science and technology-oriented nation strategy [1], positioning science and technology as one of the most important issues for the country. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the highly developed science and technology have led Japan to strengthen science and technology education for teenagers, focusing on cultivating their interest in science and technology and enhancing their scientific and technological literacy and capabilities.