Name of the TIG:
Teaching and Learning Science & Technology

Aims and vision of the TIG:
The vision of the Teaching and Learning Science & Technology Thematic Interest Group is to discuss science and technology from a teaching and learning perspective. Schools in Europe and in the US take different approaches to the school subjects Science and Technology. In some countries, science and technology are separated and in others they are integrated with each other. The teaching of these subjects has both practical elements, in the case they develop technical solutions or explore nature, and theoretical elements that describe and explain events and situations related to science and technology. Despite some differences between the subjects a common objective seems to be literacy, scientific literacy and technological literacy. Therefore, it should be of major importance that the knowledge students develop prepares them for understanding, managing and evaluating science and technology and its impact on society.

This TIG is set up to get teacher educators in touch with different ways of science and technology teaching in order to:
  1. Discover the differences and similarities in science and technology teacher training.
  2. Take advantage of each other’s unique know how in different fields of teaching about science and technology.
  3. Produce a result that we can publish.
  4. Discover new researching areas in science and technology education.
  5. Create a network for teacher trainers/trainees in sciences and technology.

Format of the sessions:
We would like to have research projects, development projects, workshops as well as school examples of teaching and learning science and technology.

Topic(s) for next conference:
The objectives of the Teaching and Learning Science and Technology Thematic Interest Group are:
  • to discuss science and technology education in respect to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematic);
  • to present papers concerning teachers pedagogical content knowledge in science and technology, what it is and how to develop such knowledge? 
  • to exemplify the knowledge field of science and technology by practical examples in a workshop.
Call for papers and other proposals: send abstract to the TIG leaders before the 15th of January.

Last conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2018
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​Name of TIG leader(s) and contact details:

Maria Svensson
(EMAIL HERE)
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Ann Emonds
(EMAIL HERE)
UC Leuven-Limburg
Belgium