STEM Education 2.0

Foreword

 Joseph Krajcik

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

PART 1: Setting Stage for STEM Education: Updates on STEM Education

1 STEM Literacy: Where Are We Now?

 Maureen Cavalcanti and Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder

2 Getting to the Bottom of the Truth: STEM Shortage OR STEM Surplus?

 Cathrine Maiorca, Micah Stohlmann and Emily Dreissen

3 Underrepresentation of Women and Students of Color in STEM

 Dionne Cross Francis, Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Kelli M. Paul and Adam V. Maltese

4 Teaching and Learning Integrated STEM: Using Andragogy to Foster an Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Age of Synthesis

 Louis S. Nadelson and Anne L. Seifert

5 National Reports on STEM Education: What Are the Implications for K-12?

 Sarah Bush

PART 2: How to Provide Rigorous STEM Education: Means and Ways to Educate More STEM Literate STEM Professionals: PBL, Inclusive STEM Schools, and Informal STEM Learning Opportunities

6 The Role of Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Integrated STEM Education

 Alpaslan Sahin

7 Inclusive STEM Schools: Origins, Exemplars, and Promise

 Sharon J. Lynch

8 Inclusive STEM School Models: A Review of Characteristics & Impact

 Justin M. Bathon

9 Informal Learning in STEM Education

 Soledad Yao and Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder

10 Bringing out the “T” in STEM Education

 Bulent Dogan and Susie Gronseth

PART 3: Bringing out the “E” in STEM in K-12 Settings

11 Engineering Education in K-12: A Look Back and Forth

 Christine Guy Schnittka

12 Classroom Assessment in the Service of Integrated STEM Education Reform

 Carol L. Stuessy and Luke C. Lyons

13 A Shared Language: Two Worlds Speaking to One Another through Making and Tinkering Activities

 Amber Simpson, Jackie Barnes and Adam V. Maltese

14 Educational Robotics as a Tool for Youth Leadership Development and STEM Engagement

 Kathleen Morgan, Bradley Barker, Gwen Nugent and Neal Grandgenett

PART 4: Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of STEM Majors

15 Factors Affecting Students’ STEM Choice and Persistence: A Synthesis of Research and Findings from the Second Year of a Longitudinal High School STEM Tracking Study

 Adem Ekmekci, Alpaslan Sahin and Hersh Waxman

16 Reaching Youth with Science: A Look at Some Data on When Science Interest Develops and How it Might Be Sustained

 Robert H. Tai

PART 5: Community Partnerships and Innovation to Improve K-12 Students’ 21st Century Skills

17 Crossing Borders and Stretching Boundaries: A Look at Community-Education Partnerships and Their Impact on K-12 STEM Education

 Brett Criswell, Theodore Hodgson, Carol Hanley and Kimberly Yates

18 What Skills Do 21st Century High School Graduates Need to Have to Be Successful in College and Life?

 Kristina Kaufman

19 An International View of STEM Education

 Brigid Freeman, Simon Marginson and Russell Tytler

20 Conclusions and Next Directions

 Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder and Alpaslan Sahin