Explore our Infographic on the Conceptual Framework for Road-STEAMer

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May 17, 2024

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This infographic offers an outline of a set of theoretical approaches linked to STEAM Education practice.

Road-STEAMer conducted a comprehensive analysis of the ways STEAM Education has been conceptualised in secondary and tertiary schooling and open-science/open-schooling practice. This research designed a conceptual framework emerging as grounded in relationality – a foundational concept for STEAM Education practice.

The set of four group of approaches identified were:

experiential, real-world interaction approaches
human psychological and cognitive approaches
social, spatial and material interconnectivity approaches
cultural and equity approaches.

You may read the full analysis on the conceptual framework for STEAM here.

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