Stories & Interviews

There are plenty of people around the world with the courage to try something new and turn ideas for a better future into reality. Here you’ll hear from our project cooperation partners, network members, and participants in addition to experts in fields that motivate us and make a difference in society.

Interview | Education | 10 August 2015
The way to a OER platform
What is the potential of free OER on teaching and learning in the future? What is essential for an OER platform? An interview with two experts.
Interview | Education | 04 May 2015
How education can succeed
Education researcher Manfred Prenzel talks with Siemens Stiftung about enthusiasm for the natural sciences and the cornerstones of good education.
Insight | Education | 19 January 2015
The man with science in his suitcase
Dieter Arnold is a trainer for the education program Experimento, sharing the concept of inquiry-based learning with teachers around the world.
Insight | Education | 08 December 2014
Scientific Learning – traditionally and for the future
The education program Experimento has been implemented in South Africa since 2011 – what do teachers report four years later?
Interview | Education | 07 May 2014
Inquiring young minds – Experimento in Chile
Domingo is 14 years old and had his life changed by a single experiment – now he knows what he wants to be: an electrical mechanic. A report from Chile.
Interview | Education | 27 March 2013
Experience it for yourself!
“When children are able to try out something themselves, they don’t forget the experience so quickly.” A field report from Johannesburg.