Drawing together international perspectives on material and embodied aspects of science education: Introduction to the special issue

A special issue affords opportunities for authors to come together to collectively engage
in critical dialogue around a central theme. In this sense, this special issue could be viewed
as a group of colleagues that gather together to discuss, debate, explore, and challenge
each other, to unpack both the familiar and the new, with a goal of understanding and
furthering possibilities for exploring the nuances of interactions in science education. We
are excited to host this gathering, with the purpose of sharing diverse views which
together draw upon a rich history and differing trajectories and traditions for examining
embodied and material aspects of science teaching and learning. We bring together
herein voices from colleagues across the world, and we invite readers to join us in this
conversation.