Methodological Approaches to STEM Education Research Volume 4

Russell Tytler (BSc (Hons), BEd, MSc, MEd, PhD, FASSA) is Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Science Education at Deakin University. He researches and writes on student engagement with science and mathematics, aesthetics and identity in learning, school-community partnerships, and STEM curriculum policy and practice. He is widely published and has been chief investigator on a range of Australian Research Council projects.

Joseph Paul Ferguson (BSc, BA (Hons), MTeach, PhD) is an educational researcher and teacher educator at Deakin University, working in science and environmental education. He is interested in exploring reasoning inside and outside the classroom, particularly in its creative forms.

John Cripps Clark (BSc, DipEd, MAppSci, PhD) teaches and researches science and design and technologies education, science communication, and cultural-historical and activity theories. His most recent projects have been in STEM education, working and writing with colleagues and students on professional collaboration, and teachers’ and preservice teachers’ professional development.