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STEM Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach breaks from the more historical idea of making knowledge within disciplines and seeks to engage the reader in a growing conversation that is gaining momentum and is focused on an 'interdisciplinarity of STEM education', which seeks to embrace and/or present emerging perspectives on the standards.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - Introduction: STEM Teacher Preparation and Practice: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Patrick M. Jenlink and Karen Embry Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University
SECTION ONE: Interdisciplinary Thinking and Place-Based Practices in STEM Education
Chapter 2: Toward an Eccentric Educational Ideal: The Demands for Interdisciplinary Thinking and Collaboration
Shawn Vecellio, The National Hispanic University
Chapter 3: Looking Deeper through the STEM Lens: Exploring the Intersection between Content and Context to Optimize Learning
Louis S. Nadelson and Anne Seifert, Boise State University
Chapter 4: "I Don't Know Anything About DNA. Well I Do, But Not From You Guys": A Vision for Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching
Vanessa Svihla, Kersti Tyson, Justin Boyle, Jamie Collins, Ara Kooser, Ayesha Livingston, Abigail Stiles, and Julie Bryant
Chapter 5: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Reform in Teacher Education: Implications for Teaching Practice
Deborah Moore-Russo and Naemi Waight
SECTION TWO: Complexities and Challenges in STEM Education
Chapter 6: Developing a STEM Education Teacher Preparation Program to help Increase STEM Literacy amongst Preservice Teachers
Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Christa Jackson, D. Craig Schroeder, and Jennifer Wilhelm, University of Kentucky, Fayette County Public Schools
Chapter 7: Troubling STEM: Making a Case for An Ethics/STEM Partnership
Astrid Steele, Nipissing University
Chapter 8: Literacy-Rich STEM Project Based Learning: Preparing STEM Teachers for High Needs Schools
Kevin Carr, Pacific University College of Education
Chapter 9: Promoting an Interdisciplinary Approach to STEM Education: Matching STEM Pedagogy to Trends on the Demand-Side
Joseph Mukuni
Chapter 10: Epilogue: The Future of STEM Teaching
Karen Embry Jenlink and Patrick M. Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Patrick M. Jenlink and Karen Embry Jenlink
Summary
STEM Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach breaks from the more historical idea of making knowledge within disciplines and seeks to engage the reader in a growing conversation that is gaining momentum and is focused on an 'interdisciplinarity of STEM education', which seeks to embrace and/or present emerging perspectives on the standards.
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With the growing demand for individuals with expertise in STEM fields, STEM Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach is not only timely but is imperative. It provides support for teacher educators wishing to prepare new teachers with the expertise needed to promote STEM through an interdisciplinary approach and redefines what it means to be literate in today’s world.
