STEM Education Addressing Sustainable Development Goals: Building Global Competencies to Co-Construct an Agenda of Consequence

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Sixteen
  In Roundtable Session: STEM and Sustainable Development Goals (Table 8)

Abstract

This research examines the question: in what ways do school districts, universities and community education organizations collaborate to develop an innovative STEM program focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals? Students, parents, teachers, high school staff, school board administrators, advisory committee members, community, college and university partners in a southern Ontario region participated in a collective effort to develop an innovative approach to STEM education, including: collaboratively prototyping the concept in a design workshop, further refining it with diverse stakeholders and co-constructing a Developmental Evaluation framework to continuously learn from experimentation toward program goals. Data sources include participant observation, interviews, surveys, and document analysis. We conclude with key challenges and opportunities of a design lab approach to education.

Authors

• Elizabeth C. Kurucz, University of Guelph
  Presenting Author

• Catherine Hands, Brock University
  Presenting Author

• Emily Krysten Spencer-Mueller, Wilfrid Laurier University
  Presenting Author

• Asfiya Taji, Wilfrid Laurier University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Karin Archer, Let's Talk Science
  Presenting Author

• Nadine Gudz
  Presenting Author