Science & Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing for Individuals, Societies & Environments
Resource-rich Pedagogy for Increasing Social Justice & Environmental Vitality
STEPWISE pedagogy (here & below) is used to educate students in three learning domains and, due to needed ecojustice reforms, prepare them to critically analyze STSE (or STEM-SE) relationships and self-direct RiNA projects (as at right/below) to overcome harms of their concern – like climate crises, manipulative surveillance & species losses. STEPWISE provides alternatives to neoliberal practices like stratifying inquiry-based learning, sanitized STEM education & public propaganda.
Learning Outcomes
STSE Relationships | STEM Skills | STEM Products
Sample RiNA Projects
Student-led RiNA Projects
[Facilitating Student-led RiNA Projects]
Also see our more detailed summary of STEPWISE.
Elaborations & Resources for STEPWISE Pedagogy
STEPWISE PDF Overviews
STEPWISE Video Overview
STEPWISE Rationale & History
Overview for Elementary School Teachers
Our Action Research
STEPWISE in Elementary Schools
Since its inception in 2006, STEPWISE has been mainly explored and developed in secondary school science contexts, including with students in after-school clubs. We have worked with a few teachers in elementary schools, however – such as described in the video at right/below. Based on such work, we believe that students in elementary schools are quite capable of developing critical views about science & technology and societies more generally and developing and taking personal and social actions to overcome harms of their concern. If you are interested in collaborating with us in action research to develop and field-test STEPWISE approaches in elementary schools, write to larry.bencze@utoronto.ca.
Students Talking About Their RiNA Projects