Proceedings STEM 2022

7th International STEM in Education Conference

The International STEM in Education conference is a biennial event hosted by a member of a worldwide consortium of universities. In 2022, it was hosted virtually by the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney. The theme for STEM 2022, “STEM Futures: Expanding our horizons", provided a springboard for STEM researchers and educators worldwide to share research findings and consider how practical initiatives can strengthen STEM education of the future.

Published: 18-11-2022

Editorial

Editorial

Janette Bobis, Christine Preston
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Keynotes

STEM FUTURES: WHICH WAY IS “UP”?

Merrilyn Goos
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PROMOTING SELF-REGULATED LEARNING APPROACHES IN A SCIENCE ONLINE INQUIRY LEARNING CONTEXT

Danhui Zhang
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MEANING & MEANINGFULNESS: EXPANDING MATHEMATICS IN THE MINDS OF OUR LEARNERS

Eddie Woo
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COSMIC HORIZONS & BEFORE THE BIG BANG: INSPIRING PHYSICS THROUGH UNIVERSAL MYSTERIES

Geraint Lewis
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Symposia

BUILDING EDUCATOR CAPACITY IN STEM LEARNING: THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Ilyse Resnick
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CENTERING DIGNITY IN COMPUTING AND STEM EDUCATION

Pratim Sengupta, Marie-Claire Shanahan
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY STEM TEACHER ENRICHMENT ACADEMY

Manjula Devi Sharma, Vicky Tzioumis, Jennifer Way, Christine Preston, Katherin Cartwright, Ana Lopes
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Papers

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS AS STEM CURRICULUM DESIGNERS

Judy Anderson, Deborah Tully
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CHEMISTRY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND VERBAL ANALOGICAL REASONING AS POTENTIAL PREDICTORS OF TEACHERS’ QUALITY OF CHEMISTRY CONCEPT ANALOGIES

Stephen Bryan Cabuguas Asenjo
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FACILITATE YOUNG CHILDREN UNDERSTANDING STEM EXHIBITION VIA PARENT EMBODIED GESTURES AND LANGUAGE IN SCIENCE MUSEUM

Xianqing Bao
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ENGAGING K-2 STUDENTS IN PROBLEM-SOLVING STEM TASKS

Janette Bobis, Maggie Feng
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A REGION-SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE ON EQUITABLE STEM EDUCTION

Lydia E Carol-Ann Burke, Ananya Mukherjee, Sarah Lu
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PHYSICAL ARTEFACTS AND SIMULATION FOR UNDERSTANDING ATHEROSCLEROSIS: STEM EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS LEARNING IN A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Susana Carreira, Nélia Amado
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES: SUPPORTING INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING IN STEM

Sun Jung Choi, Limin Jao, Midhat Kiyani, Cinzia Di Placido, Dawn Wiseman
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RETHINKING DESIGN IN EDUCATION: POSITIONING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE

Douglas B Clark, Scott David, Becker Sandra
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THINKING OUTSIDE THE WESTERN STEM BOX

Janice McGibbon Crerar, Johanna Funk
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MODELING AFFECT AND ETHICAL PERCEPTIONS IN TECHNOSCIENTIFIC INTERACTIONS USING ANIMATION

Santanu Dutta, Ariel Ducey, Pratim Sengupta
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SUPPORTING TEACHERS WITH FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY SCIENCE

Sarah Earle
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CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGIES AND COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH: MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES IN AUSTRALIA

Bronwyn Ewing
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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF STEM LEARNING IN JUNIOR SCHOOL MAKERSPACES? A CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS

Garry Falloon, Anne Forbes
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DO TEACHERS NEED A SHARED VISION OF STEM? COMPARING AUSTRALIAN AND TAIWANESE TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Su-Chi Fang, Lihua Xu, Linda Hobbs
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MODULAR PD ENABLES PATHWAYS FOR GENERALIST TEACHERS TO ‘LEARN AS THEY TEACH’ SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, WITH DR EGG ADVENTURES LABORATORY DIGITAL RESOURCES

Catherine Fargher, Anne Forbes, John De Nobile
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INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH TEACH-FIRST AND TASK-FIRST LESSON STRUCTURES INCORPORATING CHALLENGING MATHEMATICAL TASKS

Maggie Feng, Bobis Janette, Jennifer Way
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KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS SOLVING ENGINEERING CHALLENGES IN A STEM LAB: MANIFESTATIONS OF SPATIAL REASONING SKILLS

Viktor Freiman, Olga Osnat Fellus, Olivia Lurette
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HONG KONG MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF STEM INTEGRATION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Jing Guo, Qiaoping Zhang
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CURRENT STATUS OF STEM / STEAM EDUCATION IN JAPAN THROUGH GOVERNMENT-ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY CASES

Rumi Haraguchi, Miku Yoshida, Tadashi Ohtani
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EXPLORING TEACHER MATHEMATICAL MODELLING KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DESIGN OF SIMULATION AND CODING TASKS

Jesus E. Hernandez-Zavaleta, A. Paulino Preciado-Babb
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INCORPORATING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING – SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES

Erica Huang
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ENABLING STEM OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CHILDREN THROUGH INNOVATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE STEM CURRICULUM

Usama Kalim, Yohana Kifle Mekonen, Frank Stonier
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EXPLORING MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Osman Kasimu, Carol Murphy, Vesife Hatisaru, Robyn Reaburn
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STAR POLYGONS: SCRIPTING TASKS AS A TOOL FOR RECORDING MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Andrew Kercher, Anna Marie Bergman, Rina Zazkis
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A BUOYANT FORCE: PEDAGOGICAL THRUST TO THRIVE IN LEARNING QUANTUM WITH INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY, CURRICULUM, AND PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS IN A COLLABORATIVE AND DELIBERATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Solmaz Khodaeifaal
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ENGAGING STUDENTS IN MATH THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE TIKTOK

Debby Knoke
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BUNJEE JUMPING: USING MODELLING AND TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN STEM

Srividya Durga Kota, Jacinta Den Besten, Manjula Sharma
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THE CHALLENGES OF STEM STUDENTS RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR FUTURE STEM LEARNING MODEL

Yoshisuke Kumano, Thomas Meagher, Gillian Roehrig
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IMPORTANCE OF THE NGSS 8 PRACTICES FOR STEM STUDENTS IN JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES

Tomotaka Kuroda
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STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORIAL ENGAGEMENT PATTERNS IN WEB-BASED SCIENCE INQUIRY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Yue Liu, Danhui Zhang
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21ST CENTURY TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR STEM

Stanislaw Paul Maj
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IS ONLINE VIDEO-BASED EDUCATION AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO TEACH BASIC SURGICAL SKILLS TO STUDENTS AND SURGICAL TRAINEES? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Brooke Perrin Mao, Makayla L Teichroeb, Taina Lee, Germaine Wong, Tony Pang, Henry Pleass
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MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING OF PROSPECTIVE PHYSICS TEACHERS: A CASE OF A DECIBEL SOUND LEVEL SCALE

Marina Milner-Bolotin, Rina Zazkis
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TOWARDS DIALOGISM IN MATHEMATICS: A CHALLENGE IN PRACTICE

Carol Murphy
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‘NOT EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL’: TEACHING MATHEMATICS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE RECONCILIATION

Cynthia Nicol, Leicha A. Bragg
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ ASSESSMENT PRACTICES, THE FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHERS’ USE OF ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND THE EFFECTS OF TEACHERS’ DEMOGRAPHICS ON ASSESSMENT PRACTICES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS’ PROGRESS IN STEM EDUCATION

Fred Adusei Nsowah, Dr Robyn Reaburn, Associate Professor Greg Oates
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STEM IN MY KINDERGARTEN CLASS: LEARNING FROM 5-YEAR-OLDS

Christine Preston
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A COMPARISON OF IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES AND CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT IN INTEGRATED STEM PROJECTS

Violetta Pristel, Vaille Dawson, Christine Howitt
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RESEARCH ON STRATEGIES IN CLASSROOM TEACHING TO ENGAGE GIRLS IN STEM EDUCATION

Li Qin, Qianmin Liang, Baoping Li, Wen Yang, Qingcao Ren
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USING A “MAD SCIENCE DAY” TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF WONDER AND CURIOSITY IN EARLY YEARS STUDENTS: REFLECTIONS FROM A TEACHER

Bronwyn Reid O'Connor
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COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Leanne Robertson
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MULTIMODALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: SEEING BEYOND DEFICIT FRAMINGS OF DISABILITY AND AAC USERS IN K-12 STEM

Marie-Claire Shanahan , Pratim Sengupta, Megha Sanyal
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VIGNETTES REPRESENTING PRACTICE TO SUPPORT MATHEMATICS TEACHING

Karen Skilling
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KINDERGARTEN STEAM TRAINING IN CHONGQING

Francis Stonier
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TAKING STEAM TRAINING ONLINE TO GUIZHOU

Francis Stonier
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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITIES OF INQUIRY

Kristen Tripet
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STEM IN PLAY IN THE EARLIEST YEARS

Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY OF STEM AMONG ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN CHINA

Xin Wang, Guo De-sheng, Xiong Ke-Xin, Chang Wei-Yin
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IMPLEMENTING AN INTEGRATED STEM PROGRAM FOR GIRLS: ONE SCHOOL’S JOURNEY

Kathleen Mary Wilson
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MEETING CURRICULAR REQUIEMENTS: A MAPPING OF STUDENT-DIRECTED STEM

Dawn Wiseman, Limin Jao, Taylor Rubin, Kaylei Grobeckker, Steven Campo
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DIFFERENT ACADEMIC BACKGROUND TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS OF THE ROLES OF MATHEMATICS IN TAIWAN STEM EDUCATION

Kai-Lin Yang, Xiao-Bin He, Wan-Rou Wu, Chai-Ching Yang
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LOCATING A THIRD SPACE: BLACK/AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS’ INVOLVEMENT STRATEGY FOR SUPPORTING CHILDREN’S MATHEMATICS LEARNING IN CANADA

Kwesi Yaro
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IMPACT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION FROM THE PARENT'S VIEWPOINT: A MIXED METHOD

Wenhao Yu, Yiyang You, Feng-Kuang Chiang
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INCORPORATING STEM LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM

Qiaoping Zhang, Wing Nam Chau, Jing Guo
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SOLUTION-BASED DESIGN PROCESS AS PEDAGOGY IN CONSTRUCTING INTEGRATED STEM TASKS: WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM

Ding Zhou
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Workshops

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ON-LINE GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN STEM EDUCATION

David Anderson, Marina Milner-Bolotin, Oksana Bartosh, Guopeng Fu, Lisa McIntosh
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LEARNING SCIENCE PRACTICES VIA ONLINE RESEARCH: INVESTIGATIONS WITH DIGITIZED SPECIMENS

Kirsten R. Butcher, Michelle Hudson, Madlyn Larson, McKenna Lane, Susana Velásquez-Franco, Vanessa Bailey, Matthew Orr, Merinda Davis, Mitchell Power
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MORE A BRICOLAGE THAN A WAR

Colin Bronislaw Chapman
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TRACING TO LEARN IN STEM SUBJECTS

Paul Ginns
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EFFECTIVE PEDAGOGIES FOR STEM LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: FLIPPED AND BLENDED LEARNING

Kelly Hollis
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MEASURING MATTERS: HOW MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS TAUGHT IN MATHEMATICS CAN IMPACT SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT MATTER

Heather McMaster
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Posters

EXPLORING STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF A NOVEL ASSESSMENT METHOD TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND ENGAGE STEM STUDENTS

Helen Bremert
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“ITS FACE IS SO CUTE!” ENGAGING STUDENTS IN SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS USING DIGITIZED MUSEUM SPECIMENS

Kirsten R. Butcher, Michelle Hudson, Madlyn Larson, Matthew Orr, McKenna Lane, Susana Velásquez-Franco, Vanessa Bailey, Merinda Davis, Mitchell Power
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THE IMPACT OF SSR-BASED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ON COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

Yuan Yuan Gong
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A CASE STUDY ON USING STEAM FOR THE UNIVESITY STUDENTS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION METHOD CLASS: THE LEARNING PROGRAM "TEACHING JUMPING"

Junko Ishizawa, Asami Ohnuki, Genki Shiihashi, Reiko Sasaki, Rumi Haraguchi
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KNOWLEDGE CO-CONSTRUCTION IN YOUTUBE COMMENTS ON SCIENCE VIDEOS: EMBEDDING POPULAR CULTURE IN STEM

Chung Man Lee, Marina Milner-Bolotin
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A PILOT STUDY OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION EDUCATION FOR STEM: ATTITUDES PROMOTED AMONG JAPANESE FEMALE STUDENTS

Shiho Miyake
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ANALYZING INFLUENCE OF INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION ON RURAL CHILDREN’S SELF-EFFICACY AND COMPUTATION THINKING

Jing Xiao Shang, Jun Zhu Jiang, Jie Chen, Kuang Feng Chiang
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SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS’ VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION – CASE STUDY OF BC TEACHERS

Jiyoung Shim
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EXPLORING JUNIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE-BASED REASONING IN THE CONTEXT OF ENGINEERING DESIGN

Chee-Siang Tan, Yu-An Chen, Su-Chi Fang
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STEAM EDUCATION AT JAPANESE UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS: CASE STUDIES IN SERICULTURE AND SILK TECHNOLOGIES

Sayuri Tanabashi
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ENGAGING IN A CULTURALLY RELEVANT MATHEMATICS PEDAGOGY: THE JOURNEY OF A PRE-SERVICE TEACHER

Phillip Vandevalk, Kwesi Yaro
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EXPLORING A TEACHING MODEL INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND STEM EDUCATION

Wen Yang, Yi Chen
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AN ANALYSIS OF GIRLS' PARTICIPATION IN WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD

Dan Zhu, Zhonghua Tang, Feng-Kuang Chiang
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