Stories & Interviews

African youth are at a critical juncture, facing both educational opportunities and the need for systemic transformation. Siemens Stiftung is addressing this by implementing holistic projects that combine STEM education, social entrepreneurship, and youth empowerment to foster 21st-century skills and enable active participation in shaping Africa's sustainable future.

Digital media and AI offer great potential for teaching and learning, but do not automatically change educational opportunities. To enable equitable participation, a shift in mindset is required. How this can be achieved was the topic at the German KonfBD24 conference.

«We want children to become active shapers of their future!» Videocast with Prof. Dr. Reiss and Dr. Smidt In the #Bildungswende (educational turnaround) videocast, our Managing Director Dr. Nina Smidt and Prof. Dr. Kristina Reiss, renowned education expert and long-serving head of the PISA program in Germany, discuss the future of education with David Neil Read More

Under the motto “Steering technology for education”, the DLW brought together over 1,000 participants from 45 countries to discuss the transformative power of digital platforms and generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of education. Siemens Stiftung representatives attended the event – here are a few of the insights we gained.

Liza Chong, CEO at the Danish nonprofit organization The Index Project, talks about bold innovations, design thinking as an important approach to contemporary education, and the challenge of staying creative.

Teaching in a completely different way! Facundo Mercado Sandoval and his fictional persona Facu bring STEM education to preschool and elementary school children in Chilean Patagonia – until close to Antarctica.

Even though Jessica Espinoza Fuentes' students have never met in person at school, they discover the world together on a digital research trip.

Teaching in the Pandemic: Emma Janelle UC Artigas on digital platforms and the unwavering will to keep teaching.

The pandemic turned María Vargas Fernández's life upside down: From one day to the next, kindergarten classes moved online.

Irene del Carmen Santos Cruz’s solution to the problem facing many of her students: the lack of a device to take part in the digital lessons during the pandemic.