Events & Media

WiSTEM²D 2019/2020 Program Launches! The Women in STEM2D Awards Program officially launched on 15th September 2019. This year, the program is using a promotion video as a method of attracting applicants. Please find the video at the following link: https://vimeo.com/360528145                                 Along with the video, Continue Reading

Limerick and Clare schools selected for “Numeracy Across the Curriculum” pilot programme University of Limerick, Monday 20th May: EPISTEM, the National Centre for STEM Education based in the University of Limerick, today announced a new “Numeracy Across the Curriculum” (NAC) initiative. A year-long research and development project with the goal of developing strategies for teaching numeracy across the curriculum, the initiative will Continue Reading

By Dr. Andrew Cousins (PhD., B.Mus., B.Sc., P.Grad.Dip.Ed., A.Mus.A. (Piano), GAICD, MACE, MACEL), Deputy Principal at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Tuesday 21st May 2019, 14h00, Room A1-065 Title of Talk: Strategic direction, Curriculum construction and ‘The Lighthouse’ at PLC Perth. Abstract: Andrew is currently the Deputy Principal at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. PLC is Continue Reading

The 25th of April brought the 2018/19 WiSTEM²D Programme year to a close with the end of year event held in the Millstream Common Room in the University of Limerick. The informal event was attended by staff from EPI*STEM, The faculty of Science and Engineering as well as some form the School of Education to thank everyone for helping throughout Continue Reading

Professor Katherine Safford-Ramus , Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, New Jersey   Thursday 2nd May 2019, 13h00, Room A1-065 Title of Talk: Getting Started with OER: A Guide to Finding, Reviewing, and Creating   Katherine Safford-Ramus is a Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Saint Peter’s University, Jer-sey City, New Jersey. Her research focuses on adults Continue Reading

Professor Merrilyn Goos   Thursday 25th April 2019, 17h30 Foyer of the Graduate Entry Medical School Building   Title  “STEM education for Ireland: From ambition to action”   Reception hosted by Faculty of Education and Health Sciences   Lecture 18h00 in GEMS0016 RSVP by 19th April to: Annie.Bossa@ul.ie  

Professor Janette Bobis, Professor of Mathematics Education and Director of Research in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney.   Friday 12th April 2019, 13h00, Room A1-065 Title of Talk: Developing the Conceptual Sophistication for Ambitious Teaching of Mathematics Abstract: In this presentation, Janet describes particular pedagogies of enactment (Grossman & McDonald, 2008) embedded Continue Reading

Professor Merrilyn Goos has won an Honorary appointment to the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. This scheme provides opportunity and financial support for esteemed international researchers to collaborate with UTS academics for a period of between one and six months. Merrilyn will be in residence at UTS for the whole of March 2019, working in the Continue Reading

In August 2019, EPISTEM will launch the Numeracy Across the Curriculum [NAC] project for schools in the Limerick region. This initiative, which has been successfully implemented in Australia, is a year-long research and development project that develops strategies for teaching numeracy across the curriculum in both primary and secondary schools. The NAC project is a high-quality, certified professional development programme Continue Reading

Adults, Mathematics and Work From Research into Practice John J. Keogh, Theresa Maguire and John O’Donoghue Adults use mathematics extensively in work even though they may deny it or dismiss their numerate behaviour as common sense. Their capacity for mathematics is invisible to them and confirms their ‘non-maths person’ self-perception, which has negative consequences for their life choices. In Adults, Continue Reading