Structures of STEM Education

Tang Wee Teo, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is the Head of the Natural Sciences and Science Education department and also the Co-Head of the Multi-centric Education, Research and Industry STEM Centre at NIE (meriSTEM@NIE). Her research focuses on equity and sociocultural issues in integrated STEM education.

• List of FiguresList of TablesForeword 1Foreword 2Foreword 3PrefaceAcknowledgements DeclarationsSECTION A: INTRODUCTION1. Introduction to STEM education2. Theoretical FrameworkSECTION B: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY STEM PARTNERSHIP3. University-industry partnership in STEM education4. (Micro) vignettes: Developing understanding about materials5. (Micro) vignettes: Digital coding and sewing6. (Micro) vignettes: Digital embroidery and sewing7. (Macro-meso-micro) Structures of Code to SewSECTION B SUMMARYSECTION C: LOCAL ECOSYSTEMIC STEM EDUCATION8. Building a local STEM ecosystem9. (Meso and micro) Structures of the EPIC-STEM hackathon10. (Meso and micro) Structures of the EPIC-STEM inquiry projects11. (Meso and micro) Structures of the EPIC-STEM student symposiumSECTION C SUMMARYSECTION D: REGIONAL STEM EDUCATION12. (Macro) Structures of STEM education in Asia13. (Meso) Structures of Indonesia’s education system14. (Micro) Structures of STEM teacher capacity building in IndonesiaSECTION D SUMMARYSECTION E: IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION15. Implications and conclusionIndex

"I strongly recommend this volume to researchers, teachers, and teacher educators in STEM education worldwide. This book invites readers to reflect on themselves and their practices as agents operating within the fluid, dynamic, and context-dependent STEM education ecosystem. May it inspire you to reflect, engage, and act with renewed purpose and imagination."Dr Jina Chang, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"This book provides rich insights into how STEM education practices with different purposes are connected at the three levels, namely narratives at macro-levels, interpretations at meso-levels, and practices or processes at micro-levels. The author provides compelling reasons to consider macro-, meso-, and micro-Structures in the design of systemic STEM programmes."Dr Aik-Ling Tan, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore