The development of the Toolkit was funded by two grants from the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account at the University of Cambridge (PI: Dr Riikka Hofmann).
The Toolkit builds on the ESRC-funded epiSTEMe research project (Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education, RES179-25-000) at the Faculty of Education, led by Prof. Kenneth Ruthven, together with Prof. Christine Howe, Prof. Neil Mercer, and Prof. Keith Taber, as well as the authors of this Toolkit and Stefanie Luthman, Paula Guardia, and Fran Riga.
We thank the teachers who collaborated with us on the development of this Toolkit: Luke Rolls from the University of Cambridge Primary School, Michelle Turner, Sam Jackson, Glenys Cross, Danielle Edwards, Karen Faulkes, Caron Fry and Clive Benhan from Passmores Academy, Frances Stephenson and Mark Horton from Biddenham International School and Sports College, Amy Weston and Luke Smith from Eastgate Academy, and Scott Silver and Jon Pell from Kensington Primary. It is their direct quotes that appear across this website.
We also thank all the teachers who participated in the original epiSTEMe project, both in the development of the intervention, and in its subsequent large-scale field trial.
The Toolkit also draws on the Toolkit authors' research with other colleagues, Dr Anna Rainio, University of Helsinki, and Dr Fiona Maine, University of Cambridge.
We thank Faculty colleagues Jude Brady, who worked as a research assistant on the Toolkit development, and Dr Pete Dudley, Prof. Rupert Wegerif, and Laura Kerslake who made contributions to the first stage of development of the Toolkit.
We also thank the University of Cambridge Primary School, Eastgate Academy in Kings Lynn, Kensington Primary School in Newnham, East London, Passmores Academy in Harlow, Essex and Biddenham International School and Sports College in Bedford for their support in the development of the Toolkit and enabling their teachers to take part.