The project will examine the effectiveness of modelling and how it is taught to future and working science teachers in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Modelling is a key scientific practice which cuts across all of the STEM subjects. A key question is how modelling supports future teachers’ abilities to teach STEM effectively once in the field.
The research team are developing a modelling-based ‘MII-STEM’ curriculum for future science teachers. The new curriculum will be taught in each of the partner university’s science teacher education programs.
MII-STEM stands for ‘Model-based Integrated Inquiry in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics’.
This project is a collaboration between the University of British Columbia in Canada, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa in Indonesia, Kasetsart University in Thailand, and Hanoi National University of Education in Vietnam.