STEM Inquiry and Its Practice in K-12 Classrooms: Activities, Characteristics, and Enactment

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Aik-Ling Tan (NIE, Singapore) Tang Wee Teo (NIE, Singapore)

STEM Inquiry and Its Practice in K-12 Classrooms

Activities, Characteristics, and Enactment

Aik-Ling Tan (NIE, Singapore), Tang Wee Teo (NIE, Singapore), Jina Chang (NIE, Singapore) , Ban Heng Choy (NIE, Singapore)

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Routledge
20 March 2024

Philosophy & theory of education; Teacher training; Teachers' classroom resources & material

Series: Routledge Research in STEM Education

Through examining the theoretical ideas of disciplinarity and disciplinary practices, the book presents instructional aspects for teachers to explore when engaged with integrated STEM inquiry.

Are you interested to understand the difference between science inquiry and STEM inquiry? Do you want to introduce integrated STEM problem solving to your students but need help with the key features of STEM inquiry? This book presents in-depth discussions related to the features and affordances of integrated STEM inquiry. Written for K-12 teachers and teacher educators, this book conceptualises STEM inquiry and integrated STEM and their enactment, using three practical STEM instructional frameworks: problem-centric, solution/design-centric, and user-centric STEM. The three STEM instructional frameworks serve as a key anchor for teachers to interpret and apply when planning various STEM lessons in meaningful, practical, and coherent ways.

Whether you are an aspiring K-12 STEM teacher or an in-service teacher teaching K-12 students, the ideas of integrated STEM inquiry presented in this book challenge educators to think about the principles of integrated STEM inquiry and how they can be incorporated into classroom practice and lessons.

By: Aik-Ling Tan (NIE Singapore), Tang Wee Teo (NIE, Singapore), Jina Chang (NIE, Singapore), Ban Heng Choy (NIE, Singapore)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781032727578
ISBN 10: 1032727578
Series: Routledge Research in STEM Education
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 20 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aik-Ling Tan is Deputy Head (Teaching & Curriculum Matters), Natural Sciences and Science Education. She is also an associate professor of science education at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She teaches biology education methods courses and courses related to integrated STEM curriculum. Prior to teaching at the National Institute of Education in 2007, Aik-Ling taught Biology and Lower Secondary General Science at River Valley High School, Singapore for ten years. Tang Wee Teo is an associate professor in the Natural Sciences and Science Education at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is also the Co-Head of the Multi-centric Education, Research and Industry STEM Centre (meriSTEM@NIE). Jina Chang is a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests include science inquiry from a sociocultural perspective. She has recently broadened her interests to encompass STEM education and multimodal approach in science inquiry. Ban Heng Choy is an assistant professor in Mathematics Education at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. As a recipient of the NIE Overseas Graduate Scholarship, Dr Choy received his PhD from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 2015. He is currently one of the co-Heads for meriSTEM@NIE, a Multi-centric Education, Research, and Industry STEM centre in NIE.