News | Education | 14. October 2020
Siemens Stiftung welcomes its first German Chancellor Fellow from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Doctoral candidate Gustavo Oliviera Pugliese from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) began a one-year German Chancellor Fellowship for future leaders on 1 October 2020 at Siemens Stiftung. Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Pugliese selected Siemens Stiftung to host his project based on the foundation’s international focus on STEM education. During his stay in Germany, Pugliese will work on a self-developed research project that closely aligns with Siemens Stiftung’s Experimento and STEAM Territories education programs in addition to the foundation’s digital teaching and learning materials.
Pugliese’s project at Siemens Stiftung aims to incorporate additional aspects of international collaboration into the Experimento and STEAM Territories programs. The project also envisions an educational framework for STEM education that utilizes STEM projects in Brazil to increase awareness among participating educators for environmental and societal problems. This will help educators use digital technologies to create a better learning environment for students. To gain insights into the practical implementation of the programs, Pugliese will conduct interviews with Experimento colleagues and observe the conceptual and operational work of STEAM Territories.
“We are pleased that Gustavo Oliviera Pugliese has selected Siemens Stiftung for his German Chancellor Fellowship and that he will focus his work on developing our education programs. We are particularly looking forward to closer collaboration with Brazilian partners,” said Badin Borde, Pugliese’s advisor at the foundation and the project manager for international education networks and climate change education at Siemens Stiftung
About the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Fellowship
Recipients of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship are future leaders in politics, business, administration, society, and culture from the United States, Russia, China, Brazil, and India.
The fellowship program is under the patronage of the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. It aims to impart the importance of friendly, interpersonal experiences and engagement on young, highly-qualified individuals from these countries and to strengthen ties between their countries and Germany. Every year, up to ten fellows from these five countries are given the opportunity to pursue self-developed research projects at German host institutions and to learn about German social, political, economic, and cultural life and history through events and programming.
About Experimento
In a tech-driven world, personal development and societal involvement requires an understanding of scientific and technological interrelationships. Siemens Stiftung advocates supporting and strengthening science and technology education through active involvement on committees and in hands-on educational work. Our international education program, Experimento, provides educators with education and training opportunities as well as high-quality teaching and learning materials. The teaching materials are readily available in digital form so all students can enjoy equal access. Our engagement bundles inquiry-based learning with value-building actions, helping to shape a socially-oriented, strong person.
About STEAM Territories
The Siemens Stiftung STEAM Territories project creates local networks with strategic and operative partners from civil society, the government, academia, and the private sector to bring about a collective impact on the local education system. In Latin America, there are currently six STEAM Territories from Mexico to Chile. They are unique in terms of their size but also in terms of their thematic emphasis. The territorial approach helps define stakeholders and later bring them together in a particular field. Education innovations that emerge are shared at the local, national, and international level and adjusted to fit other contexts. This is how our education program Experimento, the international STEM education program for hands-on science and technology lessons, has been implemented at schools in the Territories.