Upcoming event
We are delighted to launch a new monthly online reading group on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education. This series is designed to bring together researchers, practitioners, and doctoral students from across the UK and internationally to engage in critical discussion of influential academic work that is shaping thinking in STEAM education research.
Each month, an educational researcher will select a published paper (circulated in advance) that has had a significant impact on their scholarly journey. They will introduce the text, explain its importance, and reflect on how it has informed their research, teaching, or practice. Participants will then be invited into a facilitated discussion where they can debate the paper’s ideas, examine its implications for educational policy and practice, and explore its relevance across different contexts and disciplines.
Draft Programme
13:00pmÌý Ìý ÌýWelcome
13:05pmÌý Ìý ÌýSpeaker critique of chosen paper
13:25pmÌý Ìý ÌýSeminar discussion
13:50pmÌý Ìý ÌýProject updates from SIG members
14:00pmÌý Ìý ÌýClose of Event
The ‘Great Divide’: How the Arts Contribute to Science and Science Education
In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in interest about the relationship between the arts and the sciences. This article explores this developing relationship and the suggestion that science and science learning are not complete without the arts. We see three levels at which the arts might improve the teaching and learning of science. The first is at a macro-level, concerned with ways in which subjects (including the arts and sciences) are structured and options for studying them provided and packaged. The second is at the meso-level, guiding approaches constructing science curricula that engage learners through using STS (Science, Technology and Society) contexts. The third is at the micro-level, of pedagogical practices in science and teaching that can be drawn from the arts. The drivers of STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Mathematics) add new dimensions to the nature of science in the twenty-first century and make science likely to diverge even more rapidly from school science unless new pedagogies, including those from the arts, help close the gap. The result could be a more authentic and engaging school science, one more relevant to the needs of the twenty-first century.Ìý
Senior Lecturer at Newman University
Jo Trowsdale is a senior lecturer at Newman University Birmingham. She is a former teacher, teacher educator (primary and secondary) and director of a creative learning programme supporting more than 160 schools in addressing development issues...
Visiting Academic at Liverpool John Moores University
Rory McDonald is a Visiting Academic at Liverpool John Moores University. Through his doctoral research he explored the notion of ‘Engineering Capital’ and the value of subject area-specific applications of Bourdieuian theory.
Associate Professor of Ethics in Science Education at Institute of Education, University College London
Amanda McCrory is an Associate Professor of Ethics in Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. She is a researcher whose publications and standing in the field have been built around a) ethics and...
University of Hertfordshire
Dr Richard Davies is Programme Leader for the MA Education Framework in the School of Education at the University of Hertfordshire, with a career spanning several roles in higher education research, evaluation, and academic development across the...
Lecturer in Science Education at Charles Darwin University
Dr Felicity McLure is an associate professor in Science Education at Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, Australia. She worked as head of science at schools in Australia and overseas before taking up a research position at Curtin...
Associate professor at Kingston University
Dr. Francesca Arrigoni is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at Kingston University and a practicing illustrator whose work bridges science and art. With a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from UCL and an MA in Illustration, Francesca...
Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University
Dr Saima Salehjee is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University London. She is responsible for teaching and research, particularly in STEM Education. Saima has received grants to continue her research with underprivileged children on...
Associate Professor in Science Education at University of Exeter
Lindsay Hetherington is Professor of Science Education at the University of Exeter, where she is Head of the School of Education and co-Director of the Centre for Research in Transdisciplinary Education. Lindsay's research is focused on using...
Associate Professor of Ethics in Science Education at Institute of Education, University College London
Amanda McCrory is an Associate Professor of Ethics in Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. She is a researcher whose publications and standing in the field have been built around a) ethics and...
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