Science education is a main pillar in STEM education. It offers the platform and mechanism to translate knowledge derived from scientific research into a form that can be teachable by educators and internalized by learners. Without engaging the best pedagogical content knowledge and pedagogical practices to teach science, the most important scientific discoveries remain unreachable to future generations of scientists, inventors, and citizens. The value of science education is thus, not to be undermined.

We hope that through the participants’ active engagement in intellectual sparring of research ideas, this conference can become a platform of the convergence of the best minds in science education research. We encourage participants in this conference to build new connections, renew old friendships, and establish new collaborations during their time in Singapore.

On behalf of the conference organizing committee, we would like to express our deepest thanks to the Senior Leadership of National Institute of Education, Singapore and the Head of the Natural Sciences and Science Education for their support. We would also like to thank all our many partners for supporting us with their kind sponsorships, and contributions of time and resources. Finally, we would like to thank all of you for attending this conference and wish that you have a very fruitful time here!