Asia-Pacific STEM Teaching Practices

Ying-Shao Hsu is a Professor of Graduate Institute of Science Education and the Department of Earth Sciences, as well as Chair Professor of the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). She received her Ph.D. degree in 1997 from the department of curriculum and instruction at the Iowa State University. Her research focuses on inquiry learning, science curriculum design, metacognition, and STEM education. Professor Hsu's research work has been recognized with Outstanding Research Awards by the Minister of Science Technology (MOST) in Taiwan (2011 & 2015), National Taiwan Normal University Research Awards (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, & 2012), and Wu Da-Yu Memorial Award (2005).
Yi-Fen Yeh is assistant professor in the College of Teacher Education at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). She received her Ph.D. degree in 2010 from the department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Texas A&M University. Her research interests include STEM education, technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), teacher education, and science literacy. She has published articles in international journals such as Computers and Education and the International Journal of Science Education. Her research work was recognized with a Outstanding Young Scholar Award by the Minister of Science Technology (MOST) in Taiwan (2017).