Making it with STEM

Anne Vize

By Anne Vize
Community contribution / November 19, 2016

A big part of STEM teaching and learning is about developing new fields that will be crucial to Australia’s future economical, financial and environmental wellbeing.

There has been a growing educational focus in recent years on the critical relationship between STEM (science, technology, engineering and ...

This story appeared in the Term 1, 2016 edition of TechnologyEd.

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Anne Vize is the author of the best selling book The A to Z of Specialist and Inclusive Education (2nd edition) and Partnerships with Families of Children with Additional Needs, published by Essential Resources. https://www.essentialresources.com.au/Store/Author/Detail/ANNVIZ You can check out more about Anne's writing at https://www.annevizewriting.com/

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