Research Trends in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education

Over the last forty years science, technology and mathematics education have emerged as lively new research areas. The research activity in these areas has been reflected in the launching of literally hundreds of new journals, in science education, mathematics education and, more recently, in design and technology education. Much of this research is carried out at the primary, middle and secondary levels of schooling. Mathematics, science and technology are of course intimately connected: at theoretical as well as practical and application levels, science, technology and mathematics (STM) are linked via intricate networks of concepts.