Science & Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing for Individuals, Societies & Environments
Resource-rich Pedagogy for Increasing Social Justice & Environmental Vitality
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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.
STEPWISE Pedagogy
(General teaching & learning suggestions are provided here)
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 1-page summary of STEPWISE.
Elaborations & Resources for STEPWISE Pedagogy
JASTE School-based Issues
Brief STEPWISE Overview (pdf)
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 – 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 & 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, you might review the videos below and then write to larry.bencze@utoronto.ca.
Introduction for Elementary School Teachers
STUDENTS REFLECT
TEACHER TEACHES
STUDENTS PRACTISE
Students Talking About Their RiNA Projects