Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Public dialogue with science and development for teachers of STEM: linking public dialogue with pedagogic praxis

Watermeyer, Richard; Montgomery, Catherine

Public dialogue with science and development for teachers of STEM: linking public dialogue with pedagogic praxis Thumbnail


Authors

Richard Watermeyer



Abstract

Despite evidence of quality teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subject domains and insistence on the part of many national governments on the economic value of STEM, education, recruitment and retention into STEM subject fields and occupations is said to be continually blighted by a ‘leaky pipeline’. In the UK context, schools are seen to benefit from a multitude of external STEM engagement and enrichment providers and initiatives. However, despite evidence of the positive impacts of STEM engagement on learners, there exists a dearth of understanding related to how principles of STEM engagement can facilitate STEM teachers in becoming more pedagogically innovative and relevant and, therefore, engaging of their learners in the classroom context. In this article, we employ a secondary data analysis of two prominent cases of public engagement in science and technology (PEST) in the UK to elicit combined lessons for STEM engagement and the pedagogical development of teachers. We consider the successes of science dialogue in establishing principles of best practice that might be transposed to the development of teachers as more able and effective in the engagement of learners in STEM.

Citation

Watermeyer, R., & Montgomery, C. (2018). Public dialogue with science and development for teachers of STEM: linking public dialogue with pedagogic praxis. Journal of Education for Teaching, 44(1), 90-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2018.1422621

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jan 7, 2018
Publication Date Jan 7, 2018
Deposit Date Sep 10, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Education for Teaching
Print ISSN 0260-7476
Electronic ISSN 1360-0540
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 1
Pages 90-106
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2018.1422621
Related Public URLs https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/public-dialogue-with-science-and-development-for-teachers-of-stem

Files





You might also like



Downloadable Citations