STEM education Archives

Engineering change: Redefining STEM education at NMITE

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NMITE uses innovative and include teaching methods to forge better rounded, future equipped, graduates in engineering and technology.

Engineering education is evolving, and the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is leading the way. Breaking away from traditional models, NMITE champions real-world problem-solving, teamwork, and inclusivity, offering a fresh approach to creating future-ready engineers. In this interview with Research Outreach, we explore NMITE’s philosophy, innovative teaching methods, and its commitment to diversity in STEM. How do […]

Steering STEM education development through play

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Chelsea Cutting and Tom Lowrie explore the importance of play and intuition in children’s early connections with STEM learning.

The growing importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for learning at school and beyond is placing increased emphasis on building the framework for their experiences in early childhood. However, designing the learning progressions children experience during this time undervalues a remarkable fact: children’s connection with STEM is intuitive. Chelsea Cutting of the University of South Australia’s Mount Gambier-based […]

Training a new generation of problem solvers: Innovation in STEM education

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Humankind faces unprecedented environmental, social, and economic challenges. There is a critical need for STEM education to foster both science learning and the application of learning to problem solving. At the University of Utah, Professor Nancy Butler Songer and her collaborators have developed a suite of interdisciplinary instructional and field-based data collection resources offering elementary and secondary students the chance […]

Online laboratories and Cross-Reality in engineering education

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Cross-Reality labs employ remote, augmented, virtual, or mixed reality technologies to support online learning.

COVID-19 has compelled educators to rapidly transition to online learning methods. This shift is particularly challenging for instructors whose courses involve hands-on laboratory instruction. In his research, Dr Dominik May, an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute at the University of Georgia, has been focusing on online laboratories and Cross-Reality learning spaces in engineering education for over a […]

A blended learning programme for out-of-field mathematics teaching

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Out-of-field teaching is an international phenomenon with particular prevalence in the teaching of mathematics. Professor Merrilyn Goos, Professor of STEM Education at the University of Limerick, and Director of EPI*STEM describes the design features of a national mathematics teacher professional development programme. Employing three boundary crossing frameworks exposes the signature features of this part-time graduate programme’s blended learning design, and […]

Culturally-relevant chemistry for American Indian students

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American Indian students in the USA are under-represented in all science and engineering fields by up to a half. To find ways to bring cultural relevance to American Indian students, Professor Mark Griep and his colleagues Beverly R. DeVore-Wedding, Janyce Woodard and Hank Miller are indigenizing chemistry courses at two tribal colleges in Nebraska. By focusing on laboratory experiences, their […]