Profiles  Encourage:  How  STEM  +  Arts  Transforms  Learners  and  Learning  

Tom  Peters  Ed.D.  Execu@ve  Director  SC  Coali@on  for  Mathema@cs  &  Science  

Ken  May  Execu@ve  Director  South  Carolina  Arts  Commission  

STEM  +  Arts  =  X      (Solve  for  X)  

STEM  +  Arts  =  X    

Art  Projects  

Loss  of  Focus  on  the  Basics  

Confusion  

Where  X  is  all  the  things  that  could  go  wrong.    

STEM  +  Arts  =  X    Where  X  is  all  the  things  that  could  transform  learners  and  learning.    

Crow    by  Rachel  Garceau  

MathemaIcs  is  beauIful:  intellectually  elegant,  exquisitely  austere  and  preOy.  Yes,  preOy.  Like,  preOy  to  look  at.  JULIE  REHMEYER,  Science  News,  JANUARY  16,  2009  

TIME  OUT…For  a  TEST!  

How  many  squares  do  you  see?  

Your  Brain  on  Art!  

Profile of the South Carolina Graduate

World Class Knowledge •  Rigorous standards in language arts and math for career and college

readiness •  Multiple languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics

(STEM), arts and social sciences

World Class Skills •  Creativity and innovation •  Critical thinking and problem solving •  Collaboration and teamwork •  Communication, information, media

and technology •  Knowing how to learn

Life and Career Characteristics •  Integrity •  Self-direction •  Global perspective •  Perseverance •  Work ethic •  Interpersonal skills  

   

Approved by SCASA Superintendent’s Roundtableand SC Chamber of Commerce

Profile of the South Carolina Graduate

World Class Knowledge •  Rigorous standards in language arts and math for career and college

readiness •  Multiple languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics

(STEM), arts and social sciences

World Class Skills •  Creativity and innovation •  Critical thinking and problem solving •  Collaboration and teamwork •  Communication, information, media

and technology •  Knowing how to learn

Life and Career Characteristics •  Integrity •  Self-direction •  Global perspective •  Perseverance •  Work ethic •  Interpersonal skills  

   

Approved by SCASA Superintendent’s Roundtableand SC Chamber of Commerce

Your  Brain  on  Math  

Researchers  idenIfied  3  brain  regions  that  predict  improvement  in  math  learning  —  the  posterior  parietal  cortex,  ventrotemporal  occipital  cortex,  and  the  prefrontal  cortex.    Success  in  math  was  related  to  how  well  those  regions  form  a  network.    Brain  Structural  Integrity  and  Intrinsic  Func6onal  Connec6vity  Forecast  6  Year  Longitudinal  Growth  in  Children's  Numerical  Abili6es,  Evans  et.  al,  2015    

Have  we  solved  for  x?  

STEM  +  Arts  =  X    

New Learning Models  

•  Personalized – match to the student, not one size fits all.

•  Teacher as facilitator, not lecturer - Students are held accountable for their own learning.

•  Pace to the Individual Student – Students progress after mastering concepts.

•  Technology enabled – Anytime, anywhere learning with technology integrated into the curriculum.

•  Evidence based – new testing system that provides real-time, useful information to aid learning.

•  Effective partnerships with parents, families and communities.

STEM  +  Arts  =  X    

STEPS  to  STEAM  

Build  capacity  to  collaborate  

Invite  community  experIse  

Be  a  learner.  

The  Integrated  Arts  Academy,    Burlington,  VA.  

Start  with  something  obvious.