Developing and Sustaining STEM Programs Across the K-12 Education Landscape (Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1668477750 ISBN 13: 9781668477755

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2023

Synopsis

Locally or individually, STEM programs provide additional opportunities to engage K-12 students, including those from marginalized groups, with the support of STEM outreach organizations through the co-construction and implementation of STEM activities during school, out of school, at home, and in the community. Research suggests that community-engaged partnerships forge relationships that can enhance and sustain K-12 STEM education efforts between K-12 districts and the scholarly community. There is a need to highlight community-engaged teaching and scholarship produced from partnerships between K-12 school districts and STEM outreach organizations.

Developing and Sustaining STEM Programs Across the K-12 Education Landscape describes the purpose of the collaboration between K-12 school districts and STEM outreach organizations, the STEM activities that participating K-12 students engage in, and the impacts on STEM learners that emerge from the partnership. Covering topics such as continuous program improvement, school-industry partnerships, and student success, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for educational leaders and administrators, pre-service and in-service educators, teacher educators, researchers, and academicians.

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About the Authors

Jessica L. Spott is the Director of the STEM Center for Outreach, Research & Education at Texas Tech University, USA. Her research studies focus on underrepresented students in STEM, STEM outreach in formal and informal contexts and university, community college and K-12 community interactions. In addition, she loves to study MotherScholars and mothers in STEM in an effort to increase the success and diversity of the STEM atmosphere.

Lane J. Sobehrad is the Coordinator of Research and Innovation for Lubbock Independent School District. He is responsible for all major projects involving alternative money including discretionary grants, research projects, community partnerships, and teacher incentive programs. His research studies focus on pedagogy and instructional practices in undergraduate settings, specifically project-based learning. In addition, he commonly works with district partners on engaged scholarship that brings additional opportunities, awareness, and access to district stakeholders.

Rebecca Hite is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, USA. Her research studies focus on curricular and instructional interventions, augmented by emerging technologies, that occur within in/formal science and engineering learning spaces as well as professional pathways for K–12 STEM teacher leadership in policy-advocacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1668477750
• ISBN 13: 9781668477755
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286
• Editor: Spott Jessica L., Sobehrad Lane J., Hite Rebecca L.