Dr Karen Skilling, King's College London and Brentwood School
This session reports on a transdisciplinary STEM project in one UK secondary school. Over the last year a team of upper secondary students have designed and constructed several heavy weight electro-mechanical robots. The robots have been tested and refined in a cycle of ‘real life’ competitive battles. Research about this project draws on in-depth interviews to elicit student perceptions of STEM, links to subject choice, influences on career aspirations, skill development, identity, and learning processes common to mathematical, scientific, and engineering ‘Habits of Mind’.
To bring this session to life, the students will bring along several robots to discuss how their design and engineering understandings have developed and are connected to the STEM related subjects they are studying at school.
CRESTEM is a leading centre of investigation into teaching, learning and engagement with STEM.
Open to all staff and students from King's and other London universities. Directions to Waterloo Bridge Wing.