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In
Society, Culture, and STEM: A Model for Student Engagement and Teacher Collaboration, teachers will learn a team-based approach to incorporating local and international cultural perspectives and experiences into a curriculum of STEM subjects.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: INTRODUCING A SOCIO-CULTURAL CURRICULUM
Chapter 1: What This Book Is About
Chapter 2: A Pedagogical Framework for A Socio-Cultural Stem Curriculum
PART II: DEVELOPING A SOCIO-CULTURAL STEM CURRICULUM
Chapter 3: Using Social Problems to Frame A Curriculum Theme, Essential Questions And Goals
Chapter 4: A Developmental Model for A Socio-Cultural Stem Curriculum
Chapter 5: Resources For Generating Inputs and Outputs to Your Nodes
PART III: EXAMPLE CURRICULUM THEMES AND LESSON PLANS
Chapter 6: Tackling Local and Global Challenges with Socio-Cultural Stem (Sharon M. Locke and Georgia Bracey)
Chapter 7: Contextualizing Socio-Cultural Stem Through Historical Figures and Events (Whitney G. Blankenship, Anne Aydinian-Perry, Dean P. Vesperman, And Matthew Missias)
Chapter 8: Learning About Contributions of Diverse Cultures to Socio-Cultural Stem, (Matthew Lindquist And Joseph Peters)
Chapter 9: Computer Science Education Through Socio-Cultural Steam (Lily R. Liang, Rui Kang, And Briana Wellman)
Chapter 10: Building Socio-Cultural Understanding Through Integration of Social Science And Stem In Problem-Based Lessons (Barbara O'Donnell)
Chapter 11: Using Socio-Cultural Stem To Investigate Moral And Ethical Issues: Teaching Bioethics (Adam I. Attwood, Donna F. Short, And Philip C. Short)
Appendices
About the Contributors
About the Author's
Subject Index
About the author
Caroline R. Pryor is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, Health, and Human Behavior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Pryor teaches graduate courses in Analysis of Instruction, Curriculum Models, Adult Education and Grant Writing. Pryor's teaching and research focus is STEM-Social Studies curriculum integration.
Rui Kang is Professor of Secondary Education (6-12) at Georgia College & State University (GCSU). She teaches graduate courses in numerous areas, including math pedagogy, assessment, educational research, and learner development. Her scholarship focuses on mathematics teaching and learning, STEM education, and teacher preparation and professional development.
