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To succeed with STEM, teachers must control the curriculum

CPD Government policy Computing and STEM
If we are to attract enough outstanding people into STEM teaching and also inspire students to embrace these subjects, we must take control of the curriculum and support our teachers’ development, says Sir Mike Griffiths

Industry and politicians support the view that the economic future of this country depends on there being a good supply of outstanding scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians – the STEM subjects.

But is enough being done to ensure that our education system has enough high-quality teachers of STEM subjects who will inspire the next generation of STEM students?

How can you and your school find STEM graduates? And train them to be teachers? And develop them to become outstanding? And encourage students to take STEM subjects? And themselves be inspired to become teachers?

At an event earlier this year to celebrate the first 10 years of the National Science Learning Centre, co-funded by the DfE and Wellcome Trust (www.slcs.ac.uk), schools minister Nick Gibb and the former chairman of the Education Select Committee Graham Stewart both highlighted the issue.

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