The STELR pilot program has been designed to assist the teaching of science and technology by building on the traditional teaching of chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology through the provision of a laboratory theme that allows many of the principles of each of these disciplines to be explored by secondary school students in a “real world” context.

The essence of the STELR approach is to teach science and technology using practical experiments that are relevant to the interests and concerns of today’s youth. The program will use thematic teaching to supplement discipline-based teaching and the theme for the program is renewable energy.

This highly relevant technology context will be supplemented by curriculum support materials for the teachers (based on modern pedagogical principles such as inquiry-based learning) and will be further supplemented by professional development training for the teachers.

Read more about the success of the STELR project here.