Abstract
This article examines post-pandemic scenarios that combine an emerging research agenda with three distinct topics relevant to the changing requirements of education systems worldwide: STEM education, mathematical thinking, and data literacy. In addition, how these topics are collectively positioned within the context of the digital environment is discussed. We examine the social usefulness of data literacy as may be embedded within a STEM paradigm and consider it as reaching beyond this paradigm into domains of civics and ethics. We propose that a meaningful strategy on ‘data literacy’ requires complex practical development and a curriculum presence explicitly within the Mathematics content area and across all STEM subjects, while also aligned to skills development typically associated with 21st century education together with emergent skills now associated with the fourth industrial revolution. In a similar way to how computational thinking has emerged as reaching beyond the formalities of computer science, the ‘M’ in STEM in this paper signifies ‘mathematical thinking’ is relevant beyond the discipline of Mathematics.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 29th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2021 - Proceedings |
Editors | Maria Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Sridhar Iyer, Antonija Mitrovic, Hercy N. H. Cheng, Dan Kohen-Vacs, Camillia Matuk, Agnieszka Palalas, Ramkumar Rajenran, Kazuhisa Seta, Jingyun Wang |
Place of Publication | Taiwan |
Publisher | Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education |
Pages | 632-637 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789869721479 |
Publication status | Published - 22 Nov 2021 |
Event | 29th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 22 Nov 2021 → 26 Nov 2021 |
Publication series
Name | 29th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2021 - Proceedings |
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Volume | 1 |
Conference
Conference | 29th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2021 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 22/11/21 → 26/11/21 |
Bibliographical note
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