Merrilyn Goos is Professor of STEM Education and Director of EPI*STEM, the National Centre for STEM Education, at the University of Limerick, Ireland. 

EPI*STEM has played a significant role in advancing STEM education in Ireland. In this seminar Professor Goos will outline the history of the Centre, its future directions, and examples of how it proposes to meet some of the STEM education challenges facing Ireland. 

Nationally and internationally, the need to advance STEM education is recognised as vital for meeting social and economic challenges and developing a scientifically, mathematically, and technologically literate citizenry. Backed by the Minister for Education and Skills, the STEM education context in Ireland offers high-impact opportunities for research, teacher development, and engagement with policy-makers and the wider community. It is hoped that the seminar might go some way towards supporting the Centre’s key strategy of leveraging connections and building collaborations with like-minded colleagues and similar Centres in Ireland and internationally.

Professor Goos a mathematics educator who previously worked for 25 years at The University of Queensland, Australia, in a range of academic roles including Head of the School of Education and Director of the university’s Teaching and Educational Development Institute. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Vice-President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction.