The 7th STEM in Education Conference
STEM futures – expanding our horizons
November 23–26 | Virtual Conference hosted by The University of Sydney, Australia
Day 1: Wednesday 23 November 2022
8:00am - 8:20am |
Opening and Welcome |
8:20am - 9:15:am |
Keynote 1: Professor Merrilyn GoosSTEM Futures: Which way is up? |
Paper Session 1.1 |
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Marina Milner-Bolotin, Rina Zazkis | Mathematical knowledge for teaching of prospective physics teachers: a case of a decimal sound level scale |
Srividya D Kota, Jacinta Den Besten, Manjula D Sharma |
Bungee jumping: using modelling and technology to improve student engagement in STEM |
Paper Session 1.2 |
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Lydia E Carol-Ann Burke, Ananya Mukherjee, Sarah Lu | Region-specific perspective on equitable STEM education |
Xianqing Bao, Wanqin Tang | STEM exhibition via parent embodied gestures and language in a science museum |
Paper Session 1.3 |
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Sun Jung Choi, Limin Jao, Midhat Kiyani, Cinzia Di Placido, Dawn Wiseman |
Professional learning communities: supporting interdisciplinary teaching in STEM |
Osman Kasimu, Carol Murphy, Vesife Hatisaru, Robyn Reaburn | Exploring mathematics teachers experiences in a community of practice |
Symposium 2.1 |
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Organisers: Pratim Sengupta, Marie-Claire Shanahan |
Centering dignity in computing and STEM education |
Paper Session 2.1 |
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Cynthia Nicol, Leicha A. Bragg |
‘Not everything is wonderful’: Teaching mathematics for social justice reconciliation |
Garry Falloon, Anne Forbes |
What is the nature of STEM learning in junior school Makerspaces? A cross-case analysis |
Paper Session 2.2 |
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Usama Kalim, Yohana Kifel Meknon, Francis Stonier |
Enabling STEM opportunities for developing countries’ children through innovative cost-effective STEM curriculum |
Douglas B. Clark, David Scott, Sandra Becker |
Thinking design in education: positioning preservice teachers as agents of change |
Workshop Session 3.1 |
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David Anderson, Marina Milner-Bolotin, Oksana Bartosh, Guopeng Fu, Lisa McIntosh |
Development of online graduate programs in STEM education |
Paper Session 3.1 |
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Jing Guo, Qiaoping Zhang |
Hong Kong teachers’ perceptions of STEM integration: an exploratory study |
Kate Wilson |
Implementing an integrated STEM program for girls: one school’s journey |
Paper Session 3.2 |
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Yue Liu, Danhui Zhang |
Students’ behavioural engagement patterns in a web-based science inquiry learning environment |
Maggie Feng, Janette Bobis, Jenni Way |
Investigating students’ engagement with teach first and task first lesson structures incorporating challenging mathematical tasks |
Paper Session 4.1 |
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Violetta Pristel, Vaille Dawson, Christine Howitt |
A comparison of implementation approaches and critical thinking development in integrated STEM projects |
Paper Session 4.2 |
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Santanu Dutta, Ariel Ducey and Pratim Sengupta |
Modeling affect and ethical perceptions in technoscientific interactions using animation |
Paper Session 4.3 |
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Tomotaka Kuroda |
Importance of the NGSS 8 practices for STEM students in Japanese universities |
Day 2: Thursday 24 November 2022
8:00am - 8:55am |
Keynote 2: Professor Danhui ZhangPromoting Self-regulated Learning Approaches in a Science Online Inquiry Learning Context |
Paper Session 5.1 |
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Susana Carreira, Nélia Amado |
Physical artefacts and simulation for understanding Atherosclerosis: STEM education and mathematics learning in a vocational school |
Andrew Kercher, Anna Marie Bergman, Rina Zazkis |
Star polygons: scripting tasks as a tool for recording mathematical investigations |
Paper Session 5.2 |
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Karen Skilling |
Vignettes representing practice to support mathematics teaching |
Fred Nsowah, Robyn Reaburn and Greg Oates |
Senior high school mathematics teachers’ assessment practices |
Paper Session 5.3 |
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Jesús Hernandez-Zavaleta, Paulino Preciado-Babb |
Exploring teacher mathematical modelling knowledge for the design of simulation and coding tasks |
BP Mao, ML Teichroeb, T Lee, G Wong, T Pang, H Pleass |
Is online video-based education an effective method to teach basic surgical skills to students and surgical trainees? |
Workshop 6.2 |
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Kirsten R. Butcher, Michelle A. Hudson, Madlyn Larson, McKenna Lane, Susana Velásquez-Franco, Vanessa J. Bailey, Matthew P. Orr, Merinda Davis, Mitchell J. Power |
Learning science practices via online research: investigations with digitised specimens |
Paper Session 6.1 |
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Bronwyn Ewing, Grace Sarra |
Culturally responsive pedagogies and community cultural wealth: mathematics education in juvenile detention centres in Australia |
Francis Stonier, Guimin Su, LinLian Gao |
Kindergarten STEAM training in Chongqing |
Paper Session 6.2 |
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Stanislaw Paul Maj |
21st-century teaching and learning for STEM |
Yoshisuke Kumano, Thomas Meagher, Gillian Roehrig |
The challenges of STEM students’ research presentations between two countries and its implication for a future STEM learning model |
Symposium 7.2 |
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Organiser: Ilyse Resnick |
Building educator capacity in STEM learning: the role of professional learning |
Poster Session 7.1 (11:30am - 12:00pm) |
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Chee-Siang Tan, Yu-An Chen, Su-Chi Fang |
Exploring junior secondary students’ knowledge-based reasoning in the context of engineering design |
Phillip Vandevalk, Kwesi Yaro |
Engaging in a culturally relevant mathematics pedagogy: the journey of a preservice teacher |
Kirsten R. Butcher, Michelle A. Hudson, Madlyn Larson, Matthew P. Orr, McKenna Lane, Susana Velásquez-Franco, Vanessa J. Bailey, Merinda Davis, Mitchell J. Power |
“Its face is so cute!” Engaging students in science investigations using digitising museum specimens |
Poster Session 7.2 (12:00pm - 12:30pm) |
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Yang Wen, Chen Yi |
Exploring a teaching model integrating the sustainability of STEM education |
Shiho Miyake |
A pilot study of biodiversity conservation education for STM attitudes promoted among Japanese female students |
Helen Bremert |
Exploring student and teacher perceptions of a novel assessment method to enhance learning and engage STEM students |
Workshop 7.3 |
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Heather McMaster |
Measuring matters: how measurement concepts taught in mathematics can impact scientific understandings about matter |
Paper Session 8.1 |
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Francis Stonier, Dingxiang Xie, Michael Agyemang Adarkwah |
Taking STEAM training online to Guizhou |
Paper Session 8.2 |
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Carol Murphy |
Towards dialogism in mathematics: a challenge in practice |
Paper Session 8.3 |
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Solmaz Khodaeifaal |
Buoyant force: pedagogical thrust to thrive in learning quantum with innovative pedagogy, curriculum, and pedagogical tools |
Day 3: Friday 25 November 2022
8:00am - 8:55am |
Keynote 3: Eddie WooMeaning & Meaningfulness: Expanding Mathematics in the Minds of our Learners |
Symposium Session 9.3 |
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Organiser: Manjula D. Sharma |
The University of Sydney STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy |
Paper Session 9.1 |
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Viktor Freiman, Osnat Fellus, Olivia Lurette |
Kindergarten students solving engineering challenges in a STEM lab: manifestations of spatial reasoning skills |
Bronwyn Reid O’Connor |
Using a ‘mad science day’ to promote a sense of wonder and curiosity in early year students: reflections from a teacher |
Paper Session 9.2 |
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Sarah Earle |
Supporting teachers with formative assessment in primary science |
Su-Chi Fang, Lihua Xu, Linda Hobbs |
Do teachers need a shared vision of STEM? Comparing Australian and Taiwanese teachers’ conceptions and implementation |
Poster Session 10.3 (10:15am - 10:45am) |
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Sayuri Tanabashi |
STEAM education at Japanese University museums: case studies in sericulture and silk technologies |
Conan Chung Man Lee, Marina Milner-Bolotin, Eric Meyers |
Knowledge construction in YouTube comments on science videos: embedding popular culture in STEM |
Dan Zhu, Zhonghua Tang, Feng-Kuang Chiang |
An analysis of girls’ participation in the world robot Olympiad |
Poster Session 10.4 (10:45am - 11:15am) |
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Jiyoung Shim |
Secondary science teachers’ views on climate change education – a case study of BC teachers |
Junko Ishizawa, Asami Ohnuki, Genki Shiihashi, Reiko Sasaki, Rumi Haraguchi |
A case study on adopting STEAM to physical education teaching method class for undergraduate students |
Xiaojing Shang, Zhujun Jiang, Jie Chen, Feng-Kuang Chiang |
Analysing the influence of informal STEM education on rural children’s self-efficacy and computational thinking |
Workshop 10.4 |
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Kelly Hollis |
Effective pedagogies for STEM learning environments: flipped and blended learning |
Paper Session 10.1 |
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Erica Huang |
Incorporating computational thinking – secondary mathematics teachers’ perspectives |
Leanne Robertson |
Computational thinking in Australian primary schools |
Workshop 11.5 |
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Paul Ginns |
Tracing to learn in STEM subjects |
Paper Session 11.1 |
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Stephen Bryan C. Asenjo |
Chemistry content knowledge and verbal and logical reasoning as potential predictors of teachers’ quality of chemistry concept analogies |
Qin Li, Liang Qianmin, Yang Wen, Li Baoping, Ren Qingcao |
Research on strategies in classroom teaching to engage girls in STEM education |
Paper Session 11.2 |
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Kristen Tripet |
Professional growth and change through communities of inquiry |
Debby Knoke |
Engaging students in math through social justice and TikTok |
Paper Session 12.1 |
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Catherine Fargher, John De Nobile |
Modular PD enables pathways for generalist teachers to ‘learn as they teach’ science investigation with Dr Egg Adventures Laboratory digital resources |
Paper Session 12.2 |
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Christine Preston |
STEM in my kindergarten class |
Paper Session 12.3 |
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Kwesi Yaro 1, Ann Anderson 2 |
Locating a third space: Black/African immigrants’ involvement strategy for supporting children’s mathematics learning in Canada |
Poster Session 12.5 |
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Philip J. Rorke |
Effects of a drone-based geometry program on mental rotation for student with an intellectual disability |
Yuanyuan Gong, Wenhao Yu |
Impact of SSR-based collaborative learning on computational thinking |
Day 4: Saturday 26 November 2022
8:00am - 8:55am |
Keynote 4: Professor Geraint LewisCosmic Horizons & Before the Big Bang: Inspiring Physics Through Universal Mysteries |
Workshop 13.6 |
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Heather McMaster |
Measuring matters: how measurement concepts taught in mathematics can impact scientific understandings about matter |
Paper Session 13.1 |
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Ding Zhou, Rafael Gomez, James Davis, Markus Rittenbruch |
Solution-based design process as pedagogy in constructing integrated STEM tasks: within the Australian curriculum |
Judy Anderson, Deborah Tully |
Primary and secondary teachers as STEM curriculum designers |
Paper Session 13.2 |
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Sue Dale Tunnicliffe |
STEM in play in the earliest years |
Dawn Wiseman, Limin Jao, Taylor Rubin, Kaylei Grobeckker, Steven Campeau, Marie Lou Boisvert |
Meeting curricular requirements: a mapping of student-directed STEM |
Workshop 14.7 |
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Colin Bronislaw Chapman |
More a bricolage than a war |
Paper Session 14.1 |
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Rumi Haraguchi, Miku Yoshida, Tadashi Ohtani |
Current status of STEM/STEAM education in Japan through government-academia-industry cases |
Kai-Lin Yang, Xiao-Bin He, Wan-Rou Wu, Chai-Ching Yang |
Different academic background teachers’ conceptions of the roles of mathematics in Taiwan STEM education |
Paper Session 14.2 |
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Wenhao Yu, Yiyang You, Feng-Kuang Chiang |
Impact of participation in the Educational Robotics Competition from the parent’s viewpoint: a mixed method |
Janette Bobis, Maggie Feng |
Engaging K –2 students in problem solving STEM tasks |
Paper Session 15.1 |
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Marie-Claire Shanahan, Pratim Sengupta, Megha Sanyal |
Multimodality and infrastructure: seeing beyond deficit framings of disability and AAC users in K-12 STEM |
Paper Session 15.2 |
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Qiaoping Zhang, Wing Nam Chau, Jing Guo |
Incorporating STEM learning activities in the school mathematics curriculum |
Paper Session 15.3 |
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Xin Wang, De-Sheng Guo, Ke-Xin Xiong, Wei-Yin Chang |
A comparative study of environmental literacy of STEM among elementary students in China |
11:45am - 12:15pm |
International PanelProfessor Feng-Kuang Chiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China), Associate Professor Bronwyn Ewing (QUT, Australia) Professor David Anderson (UBC Canada) |
12:20pm - 1:00pm |
Award Ceremony & ClosingJanette Bobis and Chris Preston with Pratim Sengupta (University of Calgary, Host of STEM 2024 Conference) |