students, teachers and school learners, research will focus on the affordances of advanced learning technologies in the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at school and in teacher education.
You will find something that will appeal to you. New learning and career choices are becoming more interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. Do not forget the Arts and how this is related to STEM. For instance, STEAM includes the Arts such as design and music. This is a good blend that unlocks
our full potential as human beings. A good example is how Leonardo Da Vinci combined science and art to make discoveries. Over the next five to ten years, he expects the VARSTEME hub to evolve into a UJ research centre. Based on the stakeholders it serves, which include university
Prof Umesh Ramnarain, head of UJ’s Science and Technology Education Department, initiated the VARSTEME hub.
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