Co-skilling for School-Industry Partnerships in STEM Education: A Design Research Study

In STEM education, school-industry partnerships are increasingly established to promote applied learning, in which students are exposed to real-world problem solving together with industry partners. Designing such learning partnerships can be prohibitively demanding for teachers. Motivated to address this issue, this study develops a theory-informed tool for STEM teachers. The research objective is to develop theory-driven design principles for such a tool using the design science research methodology. Findings from a beta test is discussed.