WHO WE ARE
The group is a long-standing Research and Development Community (RDC) of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe.
The group is a long-standing Research and Development Community (RDC) of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe.
MISSION STATEMENT
The RDC aims to provide a fruitful platform for discussion amongst teacher educators and researchers interested in science and mathematics education, enabling us to learn from each other’s experience, to be part of a network of colleagues extending throughout Europe and further afield, and to carry out research individually, in small groups, or as a team.
The RDC aims to provide a fruitful platform for discussion amongst teacher educators and researchers interested in science and mathematics education, enabling us to learn from each other’s experience, to be part of a network of colleagues extending throughout Europe and further afield, and to carry out research individually, in small groups, or as a team.
ACTIVITIES
Our main themes in recent years have been:
1. Developing constructivist approaches to teaching and learning science and mathematics
2. Teachers’ and student-teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge
3. Concept development and problem solving for teachers and student-teachers
4. The use of IT in the education of science and mathematics teachers
5. Preparing to be a science or mathematics teacher: a comparative study
6. Mathematics teachers’ and student-teachers’ mathematical identities
7. Prospective teachers' meanings for and representations of important concepts in science and mathematics
8. Frameworks for STEM education.
However, the work of the group is not restricted to these topics, and contributions in different areas are very welcome.
Our main themes in recent years have been:
1. Developing constructivist approaches to teaching and learning science and mathematics
2. Teachers’ and student-teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge
3. Concept development and problem solving for teachers and student-teachers
4. The use of IT in the education of science and mathematics teachers
5. Preparing to be a science or mathematics teacher: a comparative study
6. Mathematics teachers’ and student-teachers’ mathematical identities
7. Prospective teachers' meanings for and representations of important concepts in science and mathematics
8. Frameworks for STEM education.
However, the work of the group is not restricted to these topics, and contributions in different areas are very welcome.
RDC PROJECTS
As well as working individually or in small groups on their own research, members have participated or are participating in several RDC projects:
The possibility of starting a project on frameworks for STEM education was raised at the 2015 annual conference and considered further at subsequent conferences. Based on work done at the 2021 annual conference, a new project is being formulated; it is provisionally entitled "Designing low threshold, high ceiling tasks that engage all students in problem solving and problem posing in STEM education." Details will follow as the project develops.
As well as working individually or in small groups on their own research, members have participated or are participating in several RDC projects:
- Teacher thinking and conceptual change
- Preparing to be a science or mathematics teacher: a comparative study
- The pedagogy of critical thinking in mathematics and science
- Representations of ratio by science and mathematics teachers and prospective teachers
- Prospective teachers' meanings for and representations of functions
The possibility of starting a project on frameworks for STEM education was raised at the 2015 annual conference and considered further at subsequent conferences. Based on work done at the 2021 annual conference, a new project is being formulated; it is provisionally entitled "Designing low threshold, high ceiling tasks that engage all students in problem solving and problem posing in STEM education." Details will follow as the project develops.
WINTER CONFERENCE 2019
The RDC ran the 2019 ATEE Winter Conference, held in the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, from 15th to 17th April 2019, the main conference theme being "Science and Mathematics Education in the 21st Century." Contributions spanned a great variety of matters in both science and mathematics education, and also addressed broader STEM issues. The conference Proceedings can be accessed here.
The RDC ran the 2019 ATEE Winter Conference, held in the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, from 15th to 17th April 2019, the main conference theme being "Science and Mathematics Education in the 21st Century." Contributions spanned a great variety of matters in both science and mathematics education, and also addressed broader STEM issues. The conference Proceedings can be accessed here.
OVERVIEW
A PowerPoint presentation on the work of the RDC - complementing the formal style of (most of) this site - is available here. It was prepared for the ATEE Virtual Open Day, 12th March 2021.
A PowerPoint presentation on the work of the RDC - complementing the formal style of (most of) this site - is available here. It was prepared for the ATEE Virtual Open Day, 12th March 2021.
