CRESTEM keynote lecture: ‘The Science Education Tracker: a tool for capturing young people’s perceptions’
Anatomy Museum, London
Join us for the annual CRESTEM keynote with guests from The Royal Society and EngineeringUK.
The UK’s strength and global reputation in science, research and innovation is both a cultural asset and vital for economic growth. Having an excellent science education system is essential for nurturing the future STEM workforce as well as ensuring young people have the skills and confidence to engage with scientific and technological issues they will encounter as citizens and consumers.
This presentation, given jointly by the Royal Society and EngineeringUK, will present unique insights into science education in England afforded by the Science Education Tracker. The Tracker is, by virtue of its robust sampling strategy, a nationally representative survey of young people's attitudes and experiences of science education and outreach, their subject choices and pathways post-16 and their STEM career aspirations, providing also perspectives on how these vary according to gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic background.
Having been established in 2016, the Tracker now offers a commentary on nearly a decade of particularly consequential change in education including national curriculum and qualifications reform, a worsening teacher supply crisis and the disruption to schooling caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. At a time when the national curriculum is under review, the challenges and opportunities for improving science education and engagement, both in and out of school settings, will also be discussed.
Run of events
17:00 - 17:30 Tea and coffee
17:30 - 18:45 Keynote and Q&A
18:45 - 19:30 Networking and refreshments
About the speakers
David Montagu
David is a Senior Policy Adviser in the Royal Society’s Education team, and has worked on science, mathematics and computing education policy for over 15 years. He is the lead author of Practical inquiry in secondary science education | Royal Society, a major study examining international research evidence on the benefits to students of engaging in hands-on practical inquiry in formal and non-formal learning environments.
Becca Gooch
Becca is a researcher with 10 years’ experience researching education, skills, employment, and diversity. She is currently Head of Research at EngineeringUK, a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to enable more young people from all backgrounds to be inspired, informed and progress into engineering and technology. Becca leads EngineeringUK’s work establishing the current and future workforce and skills needs and how to address them, STEM educational pathways, and understanding the opinions and experiences of young people’s engagement with STEM subjects and activities. Prior to joining EngineeringUK she worked in a range of research and policy roles, at the Federation of Small Businesses, the Learning and Work Institute, Kantar Public, and YouGov.
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