Routledge Research in STEM Education
About the Book Series
This series is home to cutting-edge, upper-level scholarly studies and edited collections covering STEM Education. Considering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, texts address a broad range of topics including pedagogy, curriculum, policy, teacher education, and the promotion of diversity within STEM programmes. Titles offer dynamic interventions into established subjects and innovative studies on emerging topics.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Equity by Design in STEM Higher Education: Communities of Practice, Action Plans, and Institutional Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Angelina E. Castagno, Anita Antoninka, Catherine R. Propper
July 01, 2026
This edited collection presents stories of how university STEM faculty can engage in systemic change towards greater equity. Sharing both successes and struggles, the collection highlights the impact of collective learning that a well-designed community of practice can have on both individual ...
Black Representation in the Science Curriculum: Implications for Identity, Culture, Belonging, and Curriculum Development
1st Edition
By Catherine L. Quinlan
December 25, 2025
This book sheds new light on the importance of Black representation in the US science curriculum from a social, cultural, cognitive, and scientific perspective. Weaving together content, new methodologies, and science education pedagogies, it opens up new space for the meaningful inclusion of the ...
The Structures of STEM Education: A Macro, Meso and Micro Analysis of Learning Outcomes
1st Edition
By Tang Wee Teo
December 18, 2025
STEM education is shaped by interconnected macro, meso, and micro structures that impact curriculum design, teaching practices, and learning outcomes. This book explores three distinctive STEM programmes, offering practical insights for educators, researchers, and policymakers to design, plan, and ...
Post-Secondary Chemistry Education in Developing Countries: Advancing Diversity in Pedagogy and Practice
1st Edition
By Dawn I. Fox, Medeba Uzzi, Jacqueline Murray
July 30, 2025
This book considers how post-secondary chemistry education can be advanced in developing countries, in order to respond to emerging global, regional, and local needs. Taking Guyana as a case study, it pays particular attention to local challenges facing such territories, including human and ...
STEM Inquiry and Its Practice in K-12 Classrooms: Activities, Characteristics, and Enactment
1st Edition
By Aik-Ling Tan, Tang Wee Teo, Jina Chang, Ban Heng Choy
July 30, 2025
Through examining the theoretical ideas of disciplinarity and disciplinary practices, the book presents instructional aspects for teachers to explore when engaged with integrated STEM inquiry. Are you interested to understand the difference between science inquiry and STEM inquiry? Do you want to ...
Recruiting Black Biology Majors into STEM Education Careers: Journeys to Success
1st Edition
By Salika A. Lawrence, Tabora A. Johnson, Chiyedza Small
May 05, 2025
This book addresses issues related to the recruitment, preparation, and retention of STEM teachers. Focusing on recruitment specifically, it explores the strategies used to introduce biology majors to the teaching profession, increase their interest in teaching, and support their transition into ...
Visualisation and Epistemological Access to Mathematics Education in Southern Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Marc Schäfer
October 09, 2024
This book demonstrates that using visualisation processes in mathematics education can help to enhance teaching and learning and bridge the inequality gap that exists between well-resourced and under-resourced schools in Southern Africa. Drawing on classroom research conducted in the Southern ...
Invention Pedagogy – The Finnish Approach to Maker Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Tiina Korhonen, Kaiju Kangas, Laura Salo
May 27, 2024
This collection, edited and written by the leading scholars and experts of innovation and maker education in Finland, introduces invention pedagogy, a research-based Finnish approach for teaching and learning through multidisciplinary, creative design and making processes in formal school settings....
Perspectives in Contemporary STEM Education Research: Research Methodology and Design
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Delahunty, Máire Ní Ríordáin
May 27, 2024
This book presents an overview of the methodological innovations and developments present in the field of STEM education research as well as providing a practically orientated resource on research method design more broadly. Featuring a range of international contributors in the field, the book ...
Algebra Structure Sense Development amongst Diverse Learners: Theoretical and Empirical Insights to Support In-Person and Remote Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Teresa Rojano
January 29, 2024
This volume emphasizes the role of effective curriculum design, teaching materials, and pedagogy to foster algebra structure sense at different educational levels. Positing algebra structure sense as fundamental to developing students’ broader mathematical maturity and advanced thinking, this text...
Queering STEM Culture in US Higher Education: Navigating Experiences of Exclusion in the Academy
1st Edition
Edited
By Kelly J. Cross, Stephanie Farrell, Bryce Hughes
January 29, 2024
Adopting an intersectional lens, this timely volume explores the lived experiences of members of the queer and trans community in post-secondary STEM culture in the US to provide critical insights into progressing socially just STEM education pathways. Offering contributions from students, ...
Science and Technology Teacher Education in the Anthropocene: Addressing Challenges in the North and South
1st Edition
Edited
By Miranda Rocksén, Elaosi Vhurumuku, Maria Svensson, Emmanuel Mushayikwa, Audrey Msimanga
January 29, 2024
This unique book compares anthropogenic challenges in science and technology teacher education between the northern and southern contexts of Sweden and South Africa, respectively. Presenting the results of a three-year research collaboration between science and technology teacher ...