STEM Education: An Emerging Field of Inquiry

Anastasios (Tasos) Barkatsas is a Senior Academic in Mathematics and Statistics Education and a Quantitative Data Analyst at the School of Education, RMIT University, Australia and has published more than 100 refereed papers, chapters and books. Tasos is the also Series Editor of the Brill|Sense Publishers Series Global Education in the 21st Century.Nicky Carr is a Senior Lecturer and Program Manager of the Bachelor of Education programs at the School of Education, RMIT University, Australia. Her background, and interests in the role of technology and teacher education have recently coalesced to focus on pre-service teachers' conceptualisation and actualisation of STEM Education.Grant Cooper is a Lecturer in Science and STEM education at RMIT University, Australia. He is an educator, researcher, learner and maker. His research interests include the examination of emerging STEM education discourses, pre-service teacher preparation of STEM-related literacies/perceptions and how digital technologies such as VR have the potential to transform teaching and learning spaces.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: STEM Education: An Emerging Field of InquiryTasos Barkatsas, Nicky Carr and Grant Cooper1 What Is in an Acronym? Experiencing STEM Education in AustraliaSharon Fraser, Jennifer Earle and Noleine Fitzallen2 Delivering STEM Education through School-Industry Partnerships: A Focus on Research and DesignJan H. Van Driel, Tessa E. Vossen, Ineke Henze and Marc J. de Vries3 Reading STEM as DiscourseKathy Jordan4 Implementing Virtual Reality in the Classroom: Envisaging Possibilities in STEM EducationGrant Cooper and Li Ping Thong5 Multiplicative Thinking: A Necessary STEM FoundationDianne Siemon, Natalie Banks and Shalveena Prasad6 Possibilities and Potential with Young Learners: Making a Case for STEAM EducationAndrew Gilbert and Lisa Borgerding7 Inquiry-Based Learning in Statistics: When Students Engage with Challenging Problems in STEM DisciplinesTheodosia Prodromou and Zsolt Lavicza8 Investigating Macau Secondary Students’ Valuing in Mathematics Learning: Chunlian Jiang, Wee Tiong Seah, Tasos Barkatsas, Sylvia Sao Leng Ieong and Io Keong Cheong9 Perspectives on STEM Education in Preservice Primary Teacher EducationWendy Nielsen, Helen Georgiou, Sarah Howard and Tricia Forrester10 Primary Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of STEM Education: Conceptualisations and Psychosocial FactorsGrant Cooper and Nicky Carr11 Building STEM Self-Perception and Capacity in Pre-Service Science Teachers through a School-University Mentor ProgramAmanda Berry, Tricia McLaughlin and Grant Cooper12 Building Academic Leadership in STEM EducationTricia McLaughlin and Belinda Kennedy13 Epilogue: What Now for STEM?Linda Hobbs