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Mission
Our mission is to bring together the PK-20+ community that are passionate about and dedicated to enacting pedagogies and practices in pursuit of ‘success for all’ in an evolving global STEM education landscape.
Vision
Our vision is to establish and sustain an international, Transdisciplinary community of practice that enhances the PK-20+ STEM education landscape.
10th Annual STEM Education Conference Call for Proposals
Proposals are now being accepted for the 10th Annual STEM Education Conference. To receive full consideration, proposals must be submitted by Sunday, November 1, 2026. If you have any questions, please contact rgvstemed@utrgv.edu.
You can submit your proposal online via the STEM Education Conference Proposal portal.
Submit your ProposalThis year’s conference theme is Cultivating Pluriversal STEM Ecosystems: From Regional to International. As we continue toward transformative practices in STEM education, we seek to embrace learning for all learners, including designated underrepresented or othered learners. As we celebrate 10 years of the STEM Education Conference, we invite theoretical, empirical, and methodological work that centers the cultural knowledge, joy, and futures of historically marginalized communities to transform traditional engineering learning environments. Proposals that address the how, what, and why there needs to be a constant push within STEM education to respect, recognize, and revive diversities that benefit communities and their members. The purpose of this conference is to build foundations that lead to equitable, transformative practices and outcomes in STEM education. This conference is unique in that it brings together stakeholders across all P-20 STEM learning environments. This includes, but is not limited to formal and informal educators, and K-12 students. Thus, proposals from practitioners and researchers are welcome.
Proposal Requirements
- Discipline specific core concepts: This strand explores appropriate disciplinary core, content or curricular ideas in science, mathematics, technology, engineering practices, and/or crosscutting concepts.
- Teaching and learning for understanding and conceptual change in P-20 STEM: This strand emphasizes research that focuses on the ways we teach and how students learn, student understanding, and conceptual change.
- Context and learning: This strand explores contextual factors that may facilitate or inhibit teaching and learning in STEM classrooms.
- Standards as contracts: This strand addresses research related to STEM teacher practices, including but not limited to curriculum, evaluation, and assessment.
- STEM for every learner: This strand addresses research on practices in STEM classrooms, including the complexities and intersectionalities of sociocultural phenomena. This may include theoretical frameworks that examine social, cultural, political, historical, gender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ), race, ethnicity, special education, and/or linguistics.
- Paper Presentation: Each 60-minute session consists of 2-3 related individual papers. Each presenter will discuss a research study, theoretical paper, position, or innovative idea related to strand I or II. Practitioner presentations are encouraged to include data that support its success or promising practice. Discussion, interactive, and other formats will be considered.
- Deeper Dive Sessions: Each session will be 60 minutes and allow for an in-depth exploration of a topic. This might be organized as a roundtable discussion or panel discussion. Other formats will be considered.
- Poster Presentation: Each presenter will prepare and display a representation of research (completed or in-progress), issue, or practice related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
- Interactive workshop: Each 60-minute session will allow for sharing research and emerging practices in a way that is more informal and intimate. This can include panel discussions, roundtable discussions, or interactive formats.
- Author(s) information: Name(s), title(s), professional organization (if any), email address.
- Session title: 15 words or less.
- Intended audience (select all that apply):
- Early child / P-2
- Elementary (3-5)
- Middle school (6-8)
- High school (9-12)
- Higher Education
- Informal educators
- Other
- Keywords: Minimum of 3, maximum of 5.
- Short description: 30 words or less, as it will appear in the program.
- Research, Position, or Theoretical Proposal: 1,000 words or less (not including references). Must include: Clear focus/problem statement: Clear focus and/or addresses a problem relevant to the conference objectives. Theoretical or conceptual framework: Grounded in appropriate conceptual and/or theoretical frameworks. Methodology/design of the study or organization: For research studies, describe the methodology and design. For philosophical viewpoints, describe logic/coherence. For position papers, ground well in relevant literature. Findings/conclusions or contributions: Contributes to the STEM education knowledge base via evidence, philosophical viewpoint synthesis, or literature implications.
- Special requests: AV equipment, room/table set-up, etc.
- Author(s) information: Name(s), title(s), professional organization (if any), email address.
- Session title: 15 words or less.
- Intended audience (select all that apply):
- Early child / P-2
- Elementary (3-5)
- Middle school (6-8)
- High school (9-12)
- Higher Education
- Informal educators
- Other
- Keywords: Minimum of 3, maximum of 5.
- Short description: 30 words or less, as it will appear in the program.
- Practitioner or Showcase Proposal: 1,000 words or less (not including references).
Must include:- Clear focus and/or problem statement relevant to conference objectives.
- Grounding in appropriate conceptual and/or theoretical frameworks.
- Clear connection to the appropriate framework and pedagogical perspective.
- Clear implications for practitioners, demonstrating evidence of effectiveness (e.g., student/teaching outcomes).
- Special requests: AV equipment, room/table set-up, etc.