Faculty of SciencesFaculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences

STEM Learning as a scientific apprenticeship - reinventing the wheel?

Dr Angela A. PriestmanDr Kevin Reiling

Katja Hall, CBI Chief Policy Director, said: “Growth and jobs in the future will depend on the UK having a workforce that can exploit new technologies and discoveries. The growing skills vacuum is threatening the recovery, as demand from firms is outstripping supply.

March 2014

“Highly-skilled workers are essential for our growth sectors and it will be those young people with science and maths who will go on to become the engineers and new tech entrepreneurs of tomorrow.”

Almost 40 percent of employers say a lack of skills is the main reason for entry-level vacancies.

Authenticity

Workplace

Apprentices

Problem-based learning

Case-based teaching

Learning by designing

Cognitive apprenticeship

Scientific Practitioner

Graduates who have acquired high level skills and knowledge, are confident, show independence, can work in a team and are creative.

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Tell me and I will forget,show me and I will remember,involve me and I will understand.

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Experiential learning

EnvironmentOpportunities

Competence: Knowledge, understanding, context, competencies, application, skills.

Commitment: Self-esteem, drive, motivation, confidence, belief, creativity.

First 4 weeks – Level 4

Introduction to Scientific Practice

80% plus of time non-”lecture”

Conceptions of the Nature of Science 

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Introduction to Scientific Practice

Last 4 weeks< 16 weeks >4 weeks

Professional Practice and Placement

Last 2 weeks< 20 weeks >

Level 5

2 weeks

Last week< 22 weeks >

GradExLevel 6

1 week

Problems

Problems

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Problems

Paul Halpern

“But it is increasingly clear that the really problematic shortages are at skilled technician level. We do have to play a long game on skills, creating more apprenticeships.“

Education? Training?

When Should a Process Be Art, Not Science?Hall and Johnson