Foreword

When we were first appointed as the developer of the PISA 2025 science framework in late 2019 we could never have predicted the chaos that the pandemic would bring. With an extensive and global background in science pedagogy and publishing, we were very aware of the feelings of many science teachers about how their subject needed to grow, but this came into very sharp focus as the pandemic subsumed the world. While we continue to develop the framework with the OECD and our expert group, we wanted to elevate the voices of teachers, to start a global conversation about how we enable learners to benefit from the lessons of the past 15 months, and how we equip them for the challenges that lie ahead of us. I want to thank my OUP colleagues and the PISA Science 2025 Strategic Visioning Expert Group for lending their expertise, some of whom we’ve been able to include within this report. I look forward to telling you more about the framework next year and continuing the discussions about the future of science education.