The Handbook of Research on STEM Education represents a groundbreaking and comprehensive synthesis of research and presentation of policy within the realm of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. What distinguishes this Handbook from others is the nature of integration of the disciplines that is the founding premise for the work – all chapters in this book speak directly to the integration of STEM, rather than discussion of research within the individual content areas.
The Handbook of Research on STEM Education explores the most pressing areas of STEM within an international context. Divided into six sections, the authors cover topics including: the nature of STEM, STEM learning, STEM pedagogy, curriculum and assessment, critical issues in STEM, STEM teacher education, and STEM policy and reform. The Handbook utilizes the lens of equity and access by focusing on STEM literacy, early childhood STEM, learners with disabilities, informal STEM, socio-scientific issues, race-related factors, gender equity, cultural-relevancy, and parental involvement. Additionally, discussion of STEM education policy in a variety of countries is included, as well as a focus on engaging business/industry and teachers in advocacy for STEM education.
The Handbook’s 37 chapters provide a deep and meaningful landscape of the implementation of STEM over the past two decades. As such, the findings that are presented within provide the reader with clear directions for future research into effective practice and supports for integrated STEM, which are grounded in the literature to date.
Author(s): Carla C. Johnson, Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Tamara J. Moore, Lyn D. English
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Section 1 The Nature of STEM
1 STEM Integration: A Synthesis of Conceptual Frameworks and Definitions
2 STEM Education Through the Epistemological Lens: Unveiling the Challenge of STEM Transdisciplinarity
3 Moving Toward an Equity-Based Approach for STEM Literacy
4 A Worldly Perspective: Applying Theory to STEM Education
5 Theoretical Frameworks for STEM Education Research
Section 2 STEM Learning
6 Integrated STEM Pedagogies and Student Learning
7 Design Learning in STEM Education
8 The Importance of Early STEM Education
9 Elementary STEM Learning
10 Secondary STEM Learning
11 Considering STEM for Learners With Disabilities and Other Diverse Needs
12 Informal STEM Program Learning
13 Creating STEM Learning Opportunities through Partnerships
Section 3 STEM Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment
14 History of Integrated STEM Curriculum
15 Infusing Evidence-Based Reasoning in Integrated STEM
16 Integrating Computational Thinking in STEM
17 Socio-Scientific Issues as Contexts for the Development of STEM Literacy
18 Learning Models and Modeling Across the STEM Disciplines
19 Contemporary Methods of Assessing Integrated STEM Competencies
Section 4 Critical Issues in STEM
20 Intersectionality in STEM Education Research
21 Perspectives of Identity as an Analytic Framework in STEM Education
22 Race-related Factors in STEM: A Review of Research on Educational Experiences and Outcomes for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
23 Research on Gender Equity in STEM Education
24 The Affordances and Challenges of Enacting Culturally Relevant STEM Pedagogy
25 STEM Inclusion Research for English Language Learners (ELLs): Making STEM Accessible to All
26 Parent Involvement and Its Influence on Children’s STEM Learning: A Review of the Research
Section 5 STEM Teacher Education
27 Elementary STEM Teacher Education: Recent Practices to Prepare General Elementary Teachers for STEM
28 Secondary STEM Teacher Education
29 Research on K-12 STEM Professional Development Programs: An Examination of Program Design and Teacher Knowledge and Practice
30 Teacher Leadership for STEM Programming
Section 6 STEM Policy and Reform
31 STEM-Focused School Models
32 STEM Policy in the United States and Canada
33 STEM Policy in Asia
34 STEM Policy in Australia
35 Latin American STEM Policy: A Review of Recent Initiatives on STEM Education in four Latin American Countries
36 Measuring the Impact of Business Engagement on STEM Education
37 STEM Teacher Leadership in Policy
Index
