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STEM Education 2.0
Myths and Truths â What Has K-12 STEM Education Research Taught Us?
STEM Education 2.0 discusses the most recent research on important selected K-12 STEM topics by synthesizing previous research and offering new research questions. The contributions range from analysis of key STEM issues that have been studied for more than two decades to topics that have more recently became popular, such as maker space and robotics. In each chapter, nationally and internationally known STEM experts review key literature in the field, share findings of their own research with its implications for K-12 STEM education, and finally offer future research areas and questions in the respected area they have been studying. This volume provides diverse and leading voices in the future of STEM education and STEM education research.
Alpaslan Sahin, Ph.D. (2007), is a Research Scientist at Harmony Public Schools. He has published a book, book chapters, and many articles on STEM education, teachersâ questioning techniques, and informal STEM learning, including A Practice-based Model of STEM Teaching: STEM Students on the Stage (SOS).
Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Ph.D. (2006), is a Professor of STEM Education and Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. She has a variety of publications and grants related to using informal learning environments to improve opportunity and access to STEM education, including K12 STEM Education: Why Does It Matter and Where Are We Now? (Teachers College Record, 2018).
Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Ph.D. (2006), is a Professor of STEM Education and Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. She has a variety of publications and grants related to using informal learning environments to improve opportunity and access to STEM education, including K12 STEM Education: Why Does It Matter and Where Are We Now? (Teachers College Record, 2018).
"This edited collection explores the current state of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, primarily in the US, covering the breadth of STEM education, including the often- overlooked areas of technology and engineering. Most chapters are written as reviews of previous research on key aspects of STEM education (e.g., diversity and inclusion, integrated learning, and project-based curricula) with some original research also included. The contributing authors represent a broad cross section of educational researchers working in this field, bringing a variety of expertise to the volume. Perhaps the greatest strength of the collection is each chapter's references to current literature. However, the book would have benefited from stronger editing to help connect each chapter to the overall theme rather than the somewhat scattershot approach of alternating between reviews and new research. This text's primary audiences are graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, who can use the individual chapters as reference points for situating current and future research projects. Advanced undergraduates wanting an entrée into the research areas mentioned will also benefit from this collection." - R. A. Kolvoord, James Madison University in CHOICE 57:11 (2020).
Foreword
âJoseph Krajcik
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 STEM Literacy: Where Are We Now?
âMaureen Cavalcanti and Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder
2 Getting to the Bottom of the Truth: STEM Shortage OR STEM Surplus?
âCathrine Maiorca, Micah Stohlmann and Emily Dreissen
3 Underrepresentation of Women and Students of Color in STEM
âDionne Cross Francis, Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Kelli M. Paul and Adam V. Maltese
4 Teaching and Learning Integrated STEM: Using Andragogy to Foster an Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Age of Synthesis
âLouis S. Nadelson and Anne L. Seifert
5 National Reports on STEM Education: What Are the Implications for K-12?
âSarah Bush
6 The Role of Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Integrated STEM Education
âAlpaslan Sahin
7 Inclusive STEM Schools: Origins, Exemplars, and Promise
âSharon J. Lynch
8 Inclusive STEM School Models: A Review of Characteristics & Impact
âJustin M. Bathon
9 Informal Learning in STEM Education
âSoledad Yao and Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder
10 Bringing out the âTâ in STEM Education
âBulent Dogan and Susie Gronseth
11 Engineering Education in K-12: A Look Back and Forth
âChristine Guy Schnittka
12 Classroom Assessment in the Service of Integrated STEM Education Reform
âCarol L. Stuessy and Luke C. Lyons
13 A Shared Language: Two Worlds Speaking to One Another through Making and Tinkering Activities
âAmber Simpson, Jackie Barnes and Adam V. Maltese
14 Educational Robotics as a Tool for Youth Leadership Development and STEM Engagement
âKathleen Morgan, Bradley Barker, Gwen Nugent and Neal Grandgenett
15 Factors Affecting Studentsâ STEM Choice and Persistence: A Synthesis of Research and Findings from the Second Year of a Longitudinal High School STEM Tracking Study
âAdem Ekmekci, Alpaslan Sahin and Hersh Waxman
16 Reaching Youth with Science: A Look at Some Data on When Science Interest Develops and How it Might Be Sustained
âRobert H. Tai
17 Crossing Borders and Stretching Boundaries: A Look at Community-Education Partnerships and Their Impact on K-12 STEM Education
âBrett Criswell, Theodore Hodgson, Carol Hanley and Kimberly Yates
18 What Skills Do 21st Century High School Graduates Need to Have to Be Successful in College and Life?
âKristina Kaufman
19 An International View of STEM Education
âBrigid Freeman, Simon Marginson and Russell Tytler
20 Conclusions and Next Directions
âMargaret J. Mohr-Schroeder and Alpaslan Sahin
âJoseph Krajcik
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: Setting Stage for STEM Education: Updates on STEM Education
1 STEM Literacy: Where Are We Now?
âMaureen Cavalcanti and Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder
2 Getting to the Bottom of the Truth: STEM Shortage OR STEM Surplus?
âCathrine Maiorca, Micah Stohlmann and Emily Dreissen
3 Underrepresentation of Women and Students of Color in STEM
âDionne Cross Francis, Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Kelli M. Paul and Adam V. Maltese
4 Teaching and Learning Integrated STEM: Using Andragogy to Foster an Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Age of Synthesis
âLouis S. Nadelson and Anne L. Seifert
5 National Reports on STEM Education: What Are the Implications for K-12?
âSarah Bush
PART 2: How to Provide Rigorous STEM Education: Means and Ways to Educate More STEM Literate STEM Professionals: PBL, Inclusive STEM Schools, and Informal STEM Learning Opportunities
6 The Role of Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Integrated STEM Education
âAlpaslan Sahin
7 Inclusive STEM Schools: Origins, Exemplars, and Promise
âSharon J. Lynch
8 Inclusive STEM School Models: A Review of Characteristics & Impact
âJustin M. Bathon
9 Informal Learning in STEM Education
âSoledad Yao and Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder
10 Bringing out the âTâ in STEM Education
âBulent Dogan and Susie Gronseth
PART 3: Bringing out the âEâ in STEM in K-12 Settings
11 Engineering Education in K-12: A Look Back and Forth
âChristine Guy Schnittka
12 Classroom Assessment in the Service of Integrated STEM Education Reform
âCarol L. Stuessy and Luke C. Lyons
13 A Shared Language: Two Worlds Speaking to One Another through Making and Tinkering Activities
âAmber Simpson, Jackie Barnes and Adam V. Maltese
14 Educational Robotics as a Tool for Youth Leadership Development and STEM Engagement
âKathleen Morgan, Bradley Barker, Gwen Nugent and Neal Grandgenett
PART 4: Factors Affecting Studentsâ Choice of STEM Majors
15 Factors Affecting Studentsâ STEM Choice and Persistence: A Synthesis of Research and Findings from the Second Year of a Longitudinal High School STEM Tracking Study
âAdem Ekmekci, Alpaslan Sahin and Hersh Waxman
16 Reaching Youth with Science: A Look at Some Data on When Science Interest Develops and How it Might Be Sustained
âRobert H. Tai
PART 5: Community Partnerships and Innovation to Improve K-12 Studentsâ 21st Century Skills
17 Crossing Borders and Stretching Boundaries: A Look at Community-Education Partnerships and Their Impact on K-12 STEM Education
âBrett Criswell, Theodore Hodgson, Carol Hanley and Kimberly Yates
18 What Skills Do 21st Century High School Graduates Need to Have to Be Successful in College and Life?
âKristina Kaufman
19 An International View of STEM Education
âBrigid Freeman, Simon Marginson and Russell Tytler
20 Conclusions and Next Directions
âMargaret J. Mohr-Schroeder and Alpaslan Sahin
All interested in what K-12 STEM education research has yielded in the last two decades.