Leadership in Integrative STEM Education

Rachel Louise Geesa; Mary Annette Rose; Krista Marie Stith

doi:10.5771/9781475857375

Summary

In the face of complex local and global problems, there is a critical need to prepare PK-12 students to be innovative, resilient problem-solvers and well-equipped STEM-literate citizens. With focus upon integrated content, college and career readiness, authentic problems, and action-oriented pedagogies, integrative STEM education provides a promising approach to address this challenge.

Integrative STEM programming with its fusion of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology content and practices may manifest in a variety of ways:

Teachers co-plan an engineering design experience within a social studies class.
A community business partner offers a job-shadowing experience.
Students engage in an after-school program at a makerspace.
Educators collaboratively re-envision and interweave STEM across the curriculum.
And more...

Current and future educational leaders striving to improve STEM programming will find this book to be a useful resource. Its introduction offers an orientation to the fundamental goals, principles, and practices of integrative STEM education. While later chapters delve into the facets of STEM programming and the competencies of STEM leadership which form the foundation of a coherent program. These evidence-based strategies, examples, and resources may provide inspiration to leaders as they initiate and enhance an equitable integrative STEM culture within their school.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-5735-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-5737-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 236
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables and Figures No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Preface No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
1 Introduction: Educational Leadership and Integrative STEM Education No access Pages 1 - 26
2 Leadership to Foster an Integrative STEM Mission and Culture No access Pages 27 - 50
3 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within Integrative STEM Education No access Pages 51 - 70
4 Considerations for Integrative STEM Infrastructure and Programming No access Pages 71 - 91
5 Facilitating an Integrative STEM Curriculum No access Pages 92 - 111
6 Collaboration in PK–12 Integrative STEM Instruction No access Pages 112 - 130
7 Extended Learning Opportunities in Integrative STEM No access Pages 131 - 155
8 Promoting Professional Learning for Integrative STEM No access Pages 156 - 174
9 Assessment and Data-Informed Decision-Making in Integrative STEM No access Pages 175 - 194
10 Evaluation of Integrative STEM Education No access Pages 195 - 219
Index No access Pages 220 - 230
About the Contributors No access Pages 231 - 236