In recent years, colleagues within the S&T faculty have embarked on various educational research initiatives. These efforts focus on areas such as blended learning, conceptual modelling, and essential skills teaching.
However, a challenge persists: the expertise is often scattered and not easily accessible to all teaching staff. Consequently, valuable experiences and best practices are often not documented.
To address this issue, in 2023, a group of CSE staff members—including lecturers, the programme director, and an educational consultant—initiated the creation of an educational research platform. By 2024, this initiative, now named Science & Technology Education Research (STER), has gained recognition and attracted interest from additional staff members.
New members include more lecturers, the program director from Applied Physics (AP), as well as the Dean and Vice Dean of S&T. As a result, STER has expanded to the faculty level, enhancing collaboration and knowledge sharing across the entire faculty.
Our Mission
STER makes our expertise visible and explicit, serving as a resource for our lecturers and a platform to share best practices and teaching experiences through evidence-based educational research.
Established at the faculty level, STER is closely integrated with the primary educational process. This strategic placement ensures that innovative ideas originating from our teachers’ real-world practices can be effectively harnessed and nurtured.
Our focus
STER focuses on applied educational research, emphasising practical innovation over theoretical approaches. Our goal is to directly impact and improve teaching and learning methods, ensuring that innovations are immediately relevant and beneficial to our educational programs. To achieve these goals, we’ve identified four pillars: Investigate, Innovate, Inspire, and Impact.
