Research Programs
STEME
Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Environmental Education Research Group
Re-imagining futures in STEME
Research Programs
Studying and supporting STEM teachers, their practice and learning, and school change
The STEME group works closely with teachers in developing and refining classroom practices and approaches for the STEM discipline areas, and increasingly in interdisciplinary contexts. STEME researchers have led a number of state wide Department of Edu …
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Sub program: Teaching Out Of Field
This sub-program, led by Associate Professor Linda Hobbs, critically examines secondary teachers teaching out-of-field. The research involves a range of projects and international collaborations.
Exploring innovative & contemporary STEM practices, partnerships, futures
The STEME research group is increasingly active in the area of school and industry partnerships exploring contemporary STEM practices. STEME researchers are leading thinking in interdisciplinarity and societal futures through high level policy input at …
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Sub program: Interdisciplinary STEM
Increasingly, the STEME researchers have been involved in cutting edge explorations of interdisciplinarity in STEM, including major government funded projects supporting schools and teachers, and exploring policy issues around STEM. This has resulted i …
Promoting critical and creative reasoning and learning in STEM
Preparing students for futures that will require an expanded range of capabilities is the focus of STEME group research programs and projects in STEM, STEAM and sustainability. The capabilities of critical and creative thinking, problem-solving and des …
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Sub program: Gender issues in STEM
STEME researchers are pursuing a number of projects looking at participation of girls in STEM, and factors affecting participation in school science and mathematics, and STEM careers. These have included substantial literature reviews, interviews, curr …
Sub program: Multi-modal literacies and model-based reasoning in science and mathematics
A sub-program under Promoting critical and creative reasoning and learning in STEM Contemporary views view learning as a process of induction into the discursive practices of a discipline. In science these ‘discovery’ practices are increasingly underst …
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Research methodologies
STEME researchers are dedicated to methodological innovation, and have demonstrated strength in a range of contemporary research approaches. We hold an annual ‘contemporary approaches to research’ symposium which focuses on methodological innovation. S …