Certificate in STEM Curriculum Development

Overview

The objectives of the Certificate in STEM Curriculum Development are to provide professional development for teachers to:

  • strengthen teacher readiness to teach integrated STEM lessons by equipping them with theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to design and enact cross disciplinary STEM lessons in an authentic and applied manner; and
  • establish a team of STEM educators who take leadership in supporting and nurturing other STEM educators to develop STEM curricular and teaching competencies in formal and informal learning contexts.

At the end of the programme, teachers should be able to adopt a more purposeful and intentional approach to support an integrated STEM learning experience for their students.

This Certificate programme is targeted at two groups of participants.

The entry requirements for each group are stated below:

  1. For MOE schools with/ without STEM Applied Learning Programmes (ALP):
    • Current STEM-related subject teachers (namely, Sciences, Mathematics, Computing, Design & Technology, Nutrition and Food Science);
    • Teachers with minimum two years in service; and
    • Letter of nomination from their school leaders

  2. For non-MOE schools:
    • Current STEM-related subject teachers (namely, Sciences, Mathematics, Computing, Design & Technology, Nutrition and Food Science); and
    • Minimum two years of STEM education (e.g., curriculum design, teaching, etc.) experience.
    • Letter of support from their employers/school leaders

This Certificate consists of three compulsory courses totaling 8 academic units (AUs) equivalent to 104 hours.

A blended learning approach will be taken with online bite-sized content so that course participants can complete the course at their own pace. Face-to-face classes remain necessary for selected lessons in the courses that require hands-on work. To provide better support to course participants who are teachers or working professionals, the lessons will be conducted on weekday afternoons.

The courses in the Programme are as follows:

Course CodeCourse TitleAUsDurationFormatSchedule

INS4422

Principles of STEM Curriculum Integration

3

39 hrs

Online

Apr – Jul 2025

INS4423

Approaches and Emerging Technologies in STEM Education

4

52 hrs

Blended

Jul –Nov 2025

INS4424

Designing an integrated STEM Education Portfolio

1

13 hrs

Blended

Jan –Feb 2026

 

Total

8

104 hrs

 

 

  • INS4422 is a foundation course to the principles of STEM curriculum integration. The participants will learn about the different approaches to STEM integration and the theoretical underpinnings of the integration.
  • INS4423 is designed to help participants to acquire some basic knowledge about emerging technologies in STEM fields and ways to integrate them into the design of STEM lessons in their capstone project in INS4424.
  • INS4424 will be a culmination to the programme as the course participants will create a portfolio (capstone project) that applies their learning in INS4422 and INS4423. The portfolio can be a STEM curriculum package and evidence of the proof-of-concept.

Overall, the Programme will cater to a wide range of STEM educators including science, mathematics, technology (e.g., computer science), and design and technology educators.

For its course description, please see below.

CourseDescription
INS4422: Principles of STEM Curriculum IntegrationSTEM curriculum design and implementation should be organised using a coherent framework to guide teaching, learning and assessment. Several STEM curriculum frameworks and models have been discussed in the literature. Diverse STEM integration frameworks and models are undergirded by educational philosophies, theories, and practices. In this course, participants will learn about the different conceptualisations and approaches to STEM curriculum integration. This includes the educational theories and concepts that underpin these frameworks and models. They will understand the differences between frameworks and models, compare various STEM education frameworks and apply these ideas to constructing a STEM integration framework or model for their own context.
INS4423: Approaches and Emerging Technologies in STEM EducationSTEM curriculum should ideally provide learning contexts for students to acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge in authentic and applied contexts. STEM inventions and innovations are constantly emerging and evolving and hence, having current knowledge of emerging technologies in STE fields will be useful in STEM curriculum design, teaching and assessment. In this course, participants will acquire basic knowledge about emerging technologies in STEM fields and apply them to the design of integrated STEM lessons. They will explore different types of cognitive processes in STEM inquiry to create problem-, solution- and user-centric STEM curriculum for students.
INS4424: Designing an integrated STEM Education PortfolioIn this course, the participants will create a portfolio that captures their conceptualisations of integrated STEM education and their potential applications in schools throughout the programme. They will synthesise their work in INS4422 and INS4423 to create a personal narrative about STEM education goals and purposes. They will present evidence of their thinking in the artefacts that they have created in the programme including the data they have gathered from the implementation of some of their work to a group of learners. The portfolio will be a final output of the programme.


MOE Participant Fee - $1,300Non-MOE Participant Fee - $5,980

MOE Staff from Schools, MOE HQ, AST, MOE Divisions

Direct hire from Independent schools

Direct hire from specialised independent schools

Direct hire from specialised schools

MOE seconded staff

Direct hire from SPED schools      

Updated on 5 July 2023

Fees are subjected to $1 copyright fee per course per pax and prevailing GST.

An MOE Participant may be eligible for funding by the Ministry of Education (MOE). Refer below to check if you are eligible:

  • MOE Staff from Schools, MOE HQ, AST, MOE Divisions
  • MOE Staff in autonomous schools

Application for 2025/2026 intake is now open. To apply for the programme, please click here. Registration will close on 18 November 2024.

The courses are also available in modular structure. Participant can take individual courses and stack towards the certificate once you have completed all the required courses within 5 years.

To find out more regarding the respective courses, please click the course link below:

For more information on the Certificate in STEM Curriculum Development, click here.

Email the letter of nomination/support from your school leaders/employers to Ms Nur Shafiqah 

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications via e-mail.