IN-STEAM Gathers Key Takeaways from the Meeting on the Transition to Science Education Research
In December, the online meeting ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Transition from Research in Science to Research in Science Education’ was held—an exchange space that brought together diverse academic trajectories to reflect on how to turn scientific knowledge into educational proposals with real impact in the classroom.
The session was moderated by Marta Romero Ariza (University of Jaén) and featured contributions from José Manuel Pérez Martín (Autonomous University of Madrid), Luisa López Banet (University of Murcia), María Jesús Fuentes Silveira (University of A Coruña), and María Martín Peciña (University of Jaén). Drawing on varied experiences, the speakers discussed common challenges in this transition—such as shifts in theoretical and methodological frameworks, the design of research applied to real contexts, and the evaluation of educational impact—as well as opportunities to strengthen the connection between universities and schools.
This type of dialogue aligns closely with the goals of IN-STEAM, which promotes inclusive, creative, and evidence-based approaches to science teaching. For initiatives such as Sensociencia, the ideas shared during the meeting reinforced key project priorities: the importance of designing STEAM experiences centered on student participation, incorporating active and sensory-based methodologies, and assessing learning rigorously in order to improve and scale proposals.
With this perspective, the start of the year becomes an opportunity to keep turning educational research into concrete practices: learning science by doing science, in an accessible and motivating way, with measurable classroom impact—fully aligned with the work being developed within IN-STEAM.
