Thursday 24 November 2022. 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Yang Wen, Chen Yi
Exploring a teaching model integrating the sustainability of STEM education
Contact Author: Li Baoping (
Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, 100875, China
BACKGROUND
According to the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support and future generations. To address deficiencies in the area of sustainability, the term of sustainable development appeared in the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). Education is an important way to strengthen people's concept of sustainable development. STEM education aims to cultivate talents capable of meeting 21st-century demands.
Shiho Miyake
A pilot study of biodiversity conservation education for STM attitudes promoted among Japanese female students
Contact Author: Shiho Miyake (
aSchool of Human Sciences, Kobe College, 6628505, Japan
BACKGROUND
A cross-curricular STEM approach is essential for the development of educational programs leading to a sustainable global environment. Educational measures to spread the concept of biodiversity conservation among people, closely related to the issue of environmental sustainability are urgently needed. The author has developed a program for university female students to explore biodiversity issues in terms of wildlife. This research focused on students’ descriptions of “what I can do to solve the endangered species problem.
Helen Bremert
Exploring student and teacher perceptions of a novel assessment method to enhance learning and engage STEM students
Contact Author:
The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
BACKGROUND
Collaborative assessments emphasise collaborative, learning-focused practices to enhance engagement in high school STEM classes. The poster describes a study designed to explore collaborative testing to isolate the extent of whether this formative assessment method can improve student learning as an addition to current practices of individual, competitive testing.
