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Dear Colleagues
We are delighted to invite you all to attend The 6th International STEM in Education Conference – STEM2020 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - http://stem2020.ubc.ca
Welcome to the 6th International STEM in Education Conference
The conference will focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education across formal and informal contexts and its implications foracademia, business, industry, and society. We invite K-12 and post-secondary educators, students, and researchers from formal and informal education sectors, business and industry leaders, and representatives of non-profit, private, and public agencies. STEM2020 is an opportunity to share and discuss innovative practices and research initiatives that advance STEM education.
The Call for Proposals is will close SOON: November 3rd, 2019: Submit a Proposal: http://stem2020.ubc.ca/call-for-papers/
There are six types of submissions for the Conference including: 1) Paper presentations, 2) Poster presentations, 3) Panels, 4) Symposia, 5) Innovative showcases,and 6) Workshops.
Changing the Story is the STEM 2020 conference theme. Withthe world facing numerous significant challenges – climate change, ecosystem degradation, transformation of future job markets, disease and drug management, population displacement – there is now more than ever a need for STEM Education to contribute to understandingand changing the directions of complex stories. The 2020 conference theme provides opportunities to highlight and examine STEM Education that complements common themes of improving academic performance and/or directing students into STEM fields and careers.The theme encourages highlighting STEM Education research that is breaks new ground and offers new directions for innovative research, research methodologies, and teaching approaches. Changing the Story, as a theme, provides opportunities to examine STEM stories yet to be told, partially hidden, and not yet conceived. Research in STEM Education has the potential to transform lives, re-imagine education, and respond to some of theworld’s most complex issues at local and global levels. We encourage and welcome you to share your stories by being part of STEM 2020: Changing the Story.
Please share the news and the attached Call for Proposals with your Colleagues.
Dr. David Anderson and Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin
STEM2020 – Co-Chairs
