Commentary for Part III: Looking Back and Looking On as Science/STEM Education Evolves

The third and final part of this book examines three chapters on seemingly disparate threads, but they all ultimately provide a perspective on the historical development of learning in science and engineering under changing circumstances, albeit at different time scales. This look back is particularly apt as we attempt to chart our titulary “pathways through science education”, which I consider as encompassing both where we have been to where are we going. Examination of the former can help inform the latter as well as provide the background to how we got here and why we do what we do. In this case, the context is the teaching and learning of science and engineering in both formal (practical work, apprenticeship) and informal approaches.