STEM FUTURES: WHICH WAY IS “UP”?

Authors

  • Merrilyn Goos University of the Sunshine Coast

Author Biography

  • Merrilyn Goos, University of the Sunshine Coast

    Merrilyn Goos is Professor of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Previously she was Professor of STEM Education and Director of EPI*STEM, the National Centre for STEM Education, at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Before moving to Ireland, she worked for 25 years at The University of Queensland, Australia, in a range of academic roles including Head of the School of Education. Following her first career as a food technologist, she taught mathematics, chemistry, and food science in secondary schools and technical colleges in Australia. Her academic research has investigated students’ mathematical thinking, the impact of digital technologies on mathematics learning and teaching, numeracy across the curriculum and the lifespan, the professional learning of mathematics teachers and mathematics teacher educators, curriculum and assessment reform, and gender equity in STEM education. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of Educational Studies in Mathematics and President of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). She is currently Vice-President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction and co-Editor-in-Chief of Research in Integrated STEM Education, a new journal to be published by Brill from March 2023.

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Published

18-11-2022

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