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We are pleased to invite you to a one-day conference entitled “Humanising Education: from Competition to Care and Justice, in Theory and Practice” will take place in EPI•STEM National Centre for STEM Education, Room A1065 on Tuesday, 11th June 2024 from 9.30am to 4.30pm. The “Humanising Education” Conference is organised by the Critical and Feminist Special Interest Group (SIG) of Continue Reading

EPI•STEM NATIONAL CENTRE FOR STEM EDUCATION invites you to the School of Education, University of Limerick for a NATIONAL STEAM EDUCATION SUMMER CONFERENCE 2024  “REIMAGINING SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE”  With Special Guest: Professor Sara Tolbert, Professor of Science and Environmental Education, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.  “Reimagining Science Education in the Anthropocene” [https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/reimagining-science-education-in-the-anthropocene-9783030796242] inspires us to be critical and Continue Reading

This research report, ‘Making the Transition: Students’ Mathematical Journey from Primary to Post-Primary School in Ireland’ comprises three journal publications. We investigate student performance in mathematics during the transition from primary to post-primary school. Throughout her career the author (VR) observed, just as national research has shown that students repeatedly demonstrate difficulty in mathematical topics that overlap sixth class and Continue Reading

  Left to right: Peader Henehan, Founding member of the ETTA, Billy Higgins ETTA Chair, Donal Canty, Deputy Head of School of Education, UL, and Mark O'Dea, Local Area ETTA Chair University of Limerick’s EPI•STEM National Centre for STEM Education were delighted to host members of the Engineering Technology Teachers Association (ETTA) on campus to attend a 40th Anniversary celebration of the founding Continue Reading

EPI•STEM POLICY FORUM [open invitation to UL faculty] RE: NCCA specs for Senior Cycle Physics, Chemistry & Biology on-line: Tuesday, 13th February 2024 from 10am to 11.00am Click here for further information  

Title of Talk: Ecopedagogies for Socio-Environmental Justice and Planetary Sustainability By Ass. Prof. Greg William Misiaszek, Beijing Normal University & Ass. Director Paulo Freire Institute, University of California, LA. Time of Talk: 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm Venue: Room A1065 EPI•STEM National Centre for STEM Education, School of Education, University of Limerick Click here for details of this talk

EPI∙STEM The National Centre for STEM Education Invite you to an on-line talk: "Real Science" in School Science? Prof Luke O'Neill, Prof Geraldine Mooney Simmie and Dr Regina Kelly Friday 24th 3.00 pm on MS Teams Click here to join the meeting   Science teachers are required to embed authentic science experiences in school. Professor Geraldine Mooney Simmie and Professor Continue Reading