Teaching through the Global Teaching Labs in Wales programme was the most unique experience I’ve had at MIT so far. The opportunity to speak with the Minister for Education in Wales was remarkable. I deeply appreciate the opportunity to speak with people who have made such impactful changes to a whole education system. Overall, teaching in Wales was an incredible opportunity that I cannot express the full value.
MISTI GTL InstructorWhat is MIT Global Teaching Labs in Wales?
The MIT Global Teaching Labs in Wales programme is a uniquely impactful and transformative programme, bringing expert STEM instructors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to classrooms and staff rooms across Wales.
Supported by the Welsh Government, we work to enhance engagement with STEM subjects through project-based learning that explores real-world issues. We empower learners to strive to achieve their full potential in and beyond the classroom.
In 2022, 14 instructors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were due to travel to Wales to enhance STEM education in classrooms across Wales. However, due to the rapid developments of the Omicron variant, we decided to adapt the programme to online delivery in December 2021. In January 2022, 9 instructors from MIT and Yale-National University of Singapore (Yale-NUS) delivered live and recorded lessons, workshops and masterclasses.
Click here to meet our 2022 instructors.
The 2022 programme also saw the creation of the MIT Global Teaching Labs in Wales Online Learning Platform, Teachable, where 250+ hours of lessons, masterclasses, workshops, interdisciplinary projects and panel
discussions are now available for all schools and colleges across Wales to access.
To visit the MIT Global Teaching Labs in Wales Online Learning Platform, click here.
In 2021, 18 instructors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Yale-National University of Singapore (Yale-NUS) supported schools and colleges in delivering both live and pre-recorded lessons and workshops, and offering co-curricular, extra-curricular and super-curricular support. Additionally, recorded content has be collated and used to extend the longevity of the program and impact of learning from some of the world’s most talented STEM university students.
Click here to learn more about our 2021 instructors.
The 2023 MISTI Global Teaching Labs in Wales programme will return to in-person delivery for the first time since 2020!
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I want to take the opportunity to thank Equal Education Partners and the MIT instructors for what has been a very beneficial experience, and one in which we would like to participate again. All the live sessions have been very well-received and this has been a very worthwhile experience for our pupils and certainly an effective way to broaden their horizons.
Deputy HeadteacherThe scheme has been invaluable to us as a rural school and the pupils have enjoyed and engaged well. Throughout the process online engagement has risen in some groups.
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