1. Beyond the subject silos in STEM The case for looking sideways in the secondary school curriculum Frank Banks Emeritus Professor Open University & David Barlex Director Nuffield Design & Technology

2. Presentation Overview S.T.E.M or STEM Significance of teachers The interviews In the silo Looking sideways Significance revisited

3. STEMSTEM In School S TE M Outside School S.T.E.M or STEM?

4. Fullan and Stiegelbauer “Educational change depends on what teachers do and think – it’s as simple and complex as that.”

5. Support for design decisions through being empirical Using scientific knowledge to support technical choices Torben Steeg

6. Celia Hoyles Designing devices with embedded mathematics Respect task authenticity

7. Peter Campbell Encouraging connections Encouraging investigations

8. In the silo – S.T.E.M Ella Yonai - Israel Marcus Berlatzjy - Argentina Use the aspiration to be an astronaut to enhance science teaching Three different conceptions of technology are harming the T in S.T.E.M

9. Looking sideways - STEM Ronit Perez - Israel Vitor Soares Mann - Brazil Integrate the subjects to reduce the gap between learning at school and ‘real’ life Look sideways by combining formal and informal approaches

10. STEM as knowledge creation Investigate state of intellectual capital Manage the process of knowledge creation Validate the created knowledge Disseminate the created knowledge Understand the nature of your own and other subjects through conversation Teach in the light of STEM Evaluate the effectiveness of your new teaching Spread the word through conversation, networking and publication David Hargreaves 1998

11. S T E M Black in Dillon & Maguire Teachers are the sole and essential means to educational improvement. If they do not share the aims, and do not want to do what needs to be done, it cannot happen effectively.

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