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Presented by Susan R. Singer at the 67th Annual Meeting of the ORAU Council of Sponsoring Institutions http://www.orau.org/council/
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Realizing the Potential of STEM
Susan Rundell SingerCarleton College
Moving beyond the alphabet soup of STEM
• Despite the well-intended branding, understanding of the brand itself remains elusive
• A field of unique knowledge, practices, and expertise that can be leveraged to enhance learning in all STEM domains
STEM councils STEM schools
STEM networks
STEM curricular outcomes
Science
Math
EngineeringTechnology TS
M
E
M
K-12 Science Education Framework offers clues to “What is STEM?”
Turns attention away from a content- specific definition of STEM to a more epistemic one—the sources, strategies, or practices from which science and, by extension, STEM knowledge comes and, in turn, is shared.
Not separate goals — intertwined strands during effective learning and teaching.
6 strands – incorporates affective domain
4 strands
Weaving meaningful connections across STEM learning is beginning to echo across all levels
of education.
• K-12 Science Education Framework• Common Core Mathematics Standards• New AP curriculum• Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology• A New Biology for the 21st Century• Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians
The centrality of the "means" by which STEM knowledge is learned, produced, shared, and revised allows us to grasp what constitutes STEM, what it is, and what it brings to the teaching and learning process.
Underscoring the importance of the T and E
What will it take to innovate in legacy industries? What are the implications for STEM education?
Moving STEM from a conundrum and a loose affiliation of disciplines to a powerful domain for structuring K-16 learning based upon a coherent set of shared practices and crosscutting concepts appears to be within our collective reach.
Humanities
Socialsciences
Arts & Lit.Math
Arts & Lit
Agriculture
Beyond Silos
Integration across disciplines
Ethics
Institutional Research