About the Centre for Research on Learning in a Technological Society

Highly engaged citizens with strong skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are vital for an innovative and future-oriented society and economy. 

The Centre works with stakeholders across learning contexts, in taking sociocultural and human-centred approaches to understanding technology in practice, rather than positioning technologies themselves as the central object of inquiry.

We focus on the dynamic relationship between technology and learning, reflecting that how we learn (with technology) is fundamentally intertwined with what we learn (about technology). Centre members take a critical perspective on the potential harms of technologies, as well as their potential power to foster learning across society, and enhance a just and equitable society.

The Centre addresses the broad question of how we understand the dynamic relationship between technology, society, and learning. Specifically, it investigates the following our Research Questions:

  1. What are the implications of the changing nature of work and society for what we learn about technology and data?
  2. What are the implications of the changing nature of work and society for how we learn with and through technology and data?
  3. How do we scrutinise, model, and measure changes in learning needs in an increasingly technologically-mediated society?
  4. How do we evaluate learning technologies, taking a critical perspective on the learning they foster?

    Implications

    What are the implications of the changing nature of work and society for what we learn about technology and data? What are the implications of the changing nature of work and society for how we learn with and through technology and data? How do we scrutinise, model, and measure changes in learning needs in an increasingly technologically-mediated society? How do we evaluate learning technologies, taking a critical perspective on the learning they foster?

     

 

 

STEM Education is critically important. Australian governments are increasingly focusing on innovation – but in order to make that happen you have to have a scientifically literate population and a clever STEM workforce

Professor Peter Aubusson, Founding Director

The value of STEM research in education

Co-director of the STEM Education Research Futures Centre, Professor Sandy Schuck talks about the value of STEM research in education, and how the Centre members are involved in projects to explore this further.

STEM education research importance discussed by co-director of the STEM Education Futures Research Centre, Professor Sandy Schuck

Contact

If you are producing research outputs in this area or would like to know more please contact us:

Email: STEMEdFutures@uts.edu.au
Twitter: @STEMed_fUTureS
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STEMedfUTureS

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.