School of Education

Dr Gabriella Rodolico and her colleagues Dr Sally Zacharias and Dr Barbara Read, from School of Education and tutors from IISER Pune - India, have been awarded a British Council Going Global Exploratory Grant about STEM teacher education. The title is, Enhancing Teacher Education in STEM through a linguistic lens: A cross curricula and transnational effort challenging gender stereotypes.

The relationship between the University of Glasgow’s School of Education and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune has been strengthened over the last two years as staff from both institutions worked collaboratively on a range of projects to strengthen and promote STEM pedagogies and Collaborative, Online, International Learning (COIL) for pre-service and in-service science teachers. In 2021 Dr Rodolico was granted the International Partnership Development Funding (IPDF) for a series of workshops based on a STEM challenge, in collaboration with tutors from the IISER Pune. Based on this project’s outcomes (https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/internationalisation/uofgconnect/newsletters/february2022/stem/ ) the group developed the workshops into a full course based on Nature of STEM and Engineering design process, as well as language and gender in STEM promoting a holistic approach to STEM teacher education. The Working group has been joined by Peter Donaldson as active member on the project as well as Ismail Zembat and Ria Dunkley as consultants, during the delivery and reflective stage of the project. This first exploratory stage will allow the teams to explore how best to embed it into ongoing courses at both Institutions to ensure sustainability and scale-up impact.

First published: 6 July 2022