How can STEM in K-12 help our children
STEM for our children's future
The United States wants to make the studying of the fields in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics an intricate part of our students lives. It no longer is what you know but being able to do things with what you know and how to go about to making it better. Students need to be able to grow their "knowledge and skills to solve tough problems, gather and evaluate evidence, and make sense of information." The students in the United States are needing to think in a different way to be able to solve problems that are more complex.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the STEM field jobs will be growing and we are needing more of our youth to be able to meet these challenges either here in the United States or abroad.
All info from: U.S. Department of Education Retrieved from: http://www.ed.gov/stem
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the STEM field jobs will be growing and we are needing more of our youth to be able to meet these challenges either here in the United States or abroad.
All info from: U.S. Department of Education Retrieved from: http://www.ed.gov/stem
How ISTE is helping expand STEM
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) looks at how to rethink STEM and make it more of an overall experience instead of simply having science not to be all "facts and basic science technique, but rarely examines how to foster scientists' creative, cross-disciplinary problem identification and solving skills." ISTE gives 5 way to help bring more of STEM into classrooms and to students.
1. Follow STEM experts on Twitter
2. Discover science with Jeff Carbonneau - 2013 National Teacher of the Year and a science teacher that has STEM subjects to real life.
3. Catch up on STEM learning - where you look at new ideas and tools.
4. Teach students to code - go from digital consumers to digital creators.
5. Watch sessions from STEMxCon - you are able to llok at free videos.
All info from: Krueger, Nicole. (2014). 5 Resources for rethinking STEM education. Retrieved from
www.iste.org/explore/articledetail?articleid=116
1. Follow STEM experts on Twitter
2. Discover science with Jeff Carbonneau - 2013 National Teacher of the Year and a science teacher that has STEM subjects to real life.
3. Catch up on STEM learning - where you look at new ideas and tools.
4. Teach students to code - go from digital consumers to digital creators.
5. Watch sessions from STEMxCon - you are able to llok at free videos.
All info from: Krueger, Nicole. (2014). 5 Resources for rethinking STEM education. Retrieved from
www.iste.org/explore/articledetail?articleid=116
Is STEM needed in today's world
While STEM is important for our children's future, we must also remember that if it wasn't for other educational field so of study, the need to study STEM fields would not be of importance. When we look at those that study STEM fields, that student needs to also find the balance to be able to combine what they aree learning to what they already know. It is a matter of finding the balance to not have STEM be just the only focal point. It is noted by Steve Jobs that “it’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough — that it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing.” It is those with the innovation of using STEM and combining it with what they know to help continue to grow what they are able to see to help expand our children's future.
All info from: Zakaria, Fareed. (2015). why America's obsession with STEM education is dangerous. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html
All info from: Zakaria, Fareed. (2015). why America's obsession with STEM education is dangerous. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html