STEM curriculum should ideally provide learning contexts for students to acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge in authentic and applied contexts. STEM inventions and innovations are constantly emerging and evolving and hence, having current knowledge of emerging technologies in STE fields will be useful in STEM curriculum design, teaching and assessment.  In this course, participants will acquire basic knowledge about emerging technologies in STEM fields and apply them to the design of integrated STEM lessons. They will explore different types of cognitive processes in STEM inquiry to create problem-, solution- and user-centric STEM curriculum for students.

1. acquire basic knowledge in selected STEM fields;


2. develop STEM inquiry cognitive processes including design thinking, computational thinking, engineering design, scientific inquiry and mathematical thinking;


3. be able to create problem-, solution- and user-centric STEM lessons; and


4. be able to incorporate knowledge and practices from emerging technologies into STEM curriculum design.

1. Emerging technologies derived from STEM research and innovations


2. Cognitive processes in STEM: Computational thinking, Designing thinking, Engineering design, Scientific inquiry, and Mathematical thinking


3. Problem-centric approaches in STEM education


4. Solution-centric approaches in STEM education


5. User-centric approaches in STEM education


6. Ways of incorporating emerging technologies into the STEM curriculum 

*MOE Participants include: MOE Participants & Direct Hires Staff from independent schools, Specialised Independent and Specialised Schools

1. Current STEM-related subject teachers (namely, Sciences, Mathematics, Computing, Design & Technology, Nutrition and Food Science);


2. Teachers with minimum two years in service; and


3. Nominated by their school leaders.

1. Current STEM-related subject teachers (namely, Sciences, Mathematics, Computing, Design & Technology, Nutrition and Food Science); and


2. Minimum two years of STEM education (e.g., curriculum design, teaching, etc.) experience.