Concepts and Practices of STEM Education in Asia

Professor May Cheng May Hung is currently Associate Vice President (Academic Affairs), Registrar and Chair Professor of Teacher Education of The Education University of Hong Kong. She was President of the East Asian Association for Science Education (EASE) from 2016 to 2018. Her main areas of research are teacher education and science education. She researches in inquiry learning, assessment for learning, and the nature of science, with a focus on teacher learning and teacher professional development.

Dr Cathy Buntting is Director of the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her research interests straddle science, technology and STEM education across the school years, with a strong focus on innovative approaches to education in these disciplines. She has directed a range of government-funded research and development projects, including the award-winning Science Learning Hub which uses digital innovationto link the education and STEM sectors.

Professor Alister Jones is a research professor and the senior deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has written extensively on curriculum development in both science and technology education in New Zealand and been consulted on educational development in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, USA, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Chile, and co-chaired an APEC working group on science and mathematics education.