STEM Education in the Junior Secondary

1. Introduction
Kevin Larkin, Robyn Jorgensen

2. What Is Unique About Junior STEM?
Robyn Jorgensen, Kevin Larkin

3. STEM and Affect in Adolescence: A Cultural-Historical Approach
Wolff-Michael Roth

4. Supporting Students’ Productive Collaboration and Mathematics Learning in Online Environments
Arthur B. Powell, Muteb M. Alqahtani, Balvir Singh

5. Representation Construction: A Guided Inquiry Approach for Science Education
Peter Hubber, Russell Tytler, Gail Chittleborough

6. Making STEM Curriculum Useful, Relevant, and Motivating for Students
Léonie Rennie, Grady Venville, John Wallace

7. Innovations in Teacher Preparation for STEM: The Value of the Theory-Practice Nexus
Robyn Jorgensen, Kim Alden

8. Successful Students – STEM Program: Teacher Learning Through a Multifaceted Vision for STEM Education
Linda Hobbs, John Cripps Clark, Barry Plant

9. The Importance of Diagrams, Graphics and Other Visual Representations in STEM Teaching
Peter Gates

10. Digital Technologies and Junior Secondary: Learning with and About Digital Technologies
Glenn Finger

11. STEM Education in the Brazilian Context: An Ethnomathematical Perspective
Milton Rosa, Daniel Clark Orey

12. Enlivening STEM Education Through School-Community Partnerships
Russell Tytler, David Symington, Gaye Williams, Peta White

13. Inserting Critical Mathematics into STEM Education
Mark Wolfmeyer, John Lupinacci, Nataly Chesky

Keywords: Education, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Engineering/Technology Education, Early Childhood Education, Technology and Digital Education