The teacher’s viewpoints for teaching became transparent when analysed through the student lens. That is, questioning, monitoring student activities, providing suggestions on advancing designs, clarity of explanations, visual and auditory assistance, and re-affirming student work tended to be the modus operandi for this particular year 4 teacher. Student comments indicated that some were visual learners and some wanted to be more independent in their learning. Students indicated individuality and despite a student saying it helped when the teacher “Never said ‘you are wrong’”, another student commented that she would have learnt more if the teacher had “Shown me what I was doing wrong in my design”. Although this study did not investigate how the teacher’s viewpoints were shaped, there were indications that the teacher’s viewpoints translated into teaching practices that varied from the Medical Mission teacher guide. This has implications for designers of STEM education programs where such programs need to allow flexibility to include teachers’ viewpoints on teaching the material, particularly as they have knowledge of the classroom context.