Overview

As a nonprofit organization, JSSOAR 's primary goal is to allow Outerspace, aviation, and general STEM outreach to become easily accessible to all students and educators of Jordan. JSSOAR 's initiation consists of students, professionals, NASA L’SPACE (Lucy Student Pipeline Accelerator and Competency Enabler) Alumni, and Citizen Science astronaut candidates under the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences. Our team is in the process of coordinating clubs, programs, events, and space education curricula catered to the Jordanian general public. Status of STEM Education in Jordan - Jordanian Higher education has typically been centralized - Socio-economic status as a predictor of performance in STEM in all PISA countries. It explained 6% of the variation in mathematics performance in PISA and 7% of the variation in science performance - Women make up 60% of all-natural science students, 45% of computer science, and 28% of engineering - In 2020, 76.5% of females passed the general ed exam while 67.5% of males did - Men teach at universities at twice the rate as women - The NCCD in Jordan has created a new curriculum for young students ● Emphasis in STEM ● Develops critical thinking, analysis, and creativity ● Rolling out from 2019 to 2023 ● This curriculum can act as an ideal model for how JSSOAR moves forward