STEM education : : an emerging field of inquiry / / edited by Tasos Barkatsas, Nicky Carr, Grant Cooper.

The second decade of the 21st century has seen governments and industry globally intensify their focus on the role of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a vehicle for future economic prosperity. Economic opportunities for new industries that are emerging from technological ad...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill Sense,, [2019]
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Global Education in the 21st Century ; 002.
Physical Description:1 online resource (249 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: stem Education: An Emerging Field of Inquiry / Tasos Barkatsas , Nicky Carr and Grant Cooper
  • What Is in an Acronym? Experiencing stem Education in Australia / Sharon Fraser , Jennifer Earle and Noleine Fitzallen
  • Delivering stem Education through School-Industry Partnerships: A Focus on Research and Design / Jan H. van Driel , Tessa E. Vossen , Ineke Henze and Marc J. de Vries
  • Reading stem as Discourse / Kathy Jordan
  • Implementing Virtual Reality in the Classroom: Envisaging Possibilities in stem Education / Grant Cooper and Li Ping Thong
  • Multiplicative Thinking: A Necessary stem Foundation / Dianne Siemon , Natalie Banks and Shalveena Prasad
  • Possibilities and Potential with Young Learners: Making a Case for STEAM Education / Andrew Gilbert and Lisa Borgerding
  • Inquiry-Based Learning in Statistics: When Students Engage with Challenging Problems in stem Disciplines / Theodosia Prodromou and Zsolt Lavicza
  • Values in stem Education: Investigating Macau Secondary Students’ Valuing in Mathematics Learning / Chunlian Jiang , Wee Tiong Seah , Tasos Barkatsas , Sao Ieong Leng Sylvia and Io Keong Cheong
  • Perspectives on stem Education in Preservice Primary Teacher Education / Wendy Nielsen , Helen Georgiou , Sarah Howard and Tricia Forrester
  • Primary Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of stem Education: Conceptualisations and Psychosocial Factors / Grant Cooper and Nicky Carr
  • Building stem Self-Perception and Capacity in Pre-Service Science Teachers through a School-University Mentor Program / Amanda Berry , Tricia McLaughlin and Grant Cooper
  • Building Academic Leadership in stem Education / Tricia McLaughlin and Belinda Kennedy
  • Epilogue: What Now for stem? / Linda Hobbs.