During this project we generated research-informed Principles of Practice for school-based STEM education.

We developed the principles through co-research with a number of teachers from Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools and Brisbane Catholic Education schools.

To read more about the four principles and learn how teachers interrogated and enacted the principles in their school contexts, please go to the Principles of Practice page.

Aug 22, 2023

In celebration of National Science Week 2023, expert teachers shared insights about working with the principles of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in their STEM teaching. During the STEMinar, some of our MACS and BCE teacher co-researchers shared their experiences of what this approach meant for their practice, and how they responded to the emerging opportunities and challenges.

Aug 17, 2022

In celebration of National Science Week 2022, our esteemed panel of scholars and teachers challenged us to identify some critical questions that will enable us to think about how we can put key principles in problem-based learning, including:

• flexible knowledge, skills and capabilities,
• active and strategic metacognitive reasoning,
• collaboration based on intrinsic motivation, and
• real and rich contexts.