1st Edition

Handbook of Research on STEM Education, Volume II

542 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

542 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Handbook of Research on STEM Education, Volume II  brings together leading global scholars to examine how STEM education is evolving across policy, research, and practice. It introduces chapters on newly salient topics such as computational thinking, evaluation, and global perspectives, and substantially updates core areas from the first volume, including STEM policy, STEM integration,... Read more

Section 1: Evolving Policies, Approaches, Methods, and Understandings in STEM Education

 

1: The State of STEM Education: Progress, Lessons Learned, and the Future

Carla C. Johnson, Janet B. Walton, and Margaret J. Mohr Schroeder

 

2. STEM Integration Revisited: Evolving Frameworks and Definitions

Tamara J. Moore, Kristina M. Tank, Jan H. van Driel, Hui-Hui Wang, Amanda Berry, and Tugba Abanoz

 

3. A Cradle to Grave Model of STEM Education in Support of Workforce Development

Kerrie Douglas, Nancy Holincheck, Knut Neuman, and Nathan Hartman

 

4: Methodologies, Methods, and Approaches for Integrative STEM Education Research

Daniel Edelen, Thomas Roberts, Jonathan D. Bostic, Jamaal R. Young, Kuen-Yi Lin, and Audrey Roberts

 

Section 2: Participation in STEM

 

5.  Intersectionality in STEM Education Research

Christa Jackson, Cathrine Maiorca, Kelley Goecke, Christine A. Pickett, L. Octavia Tripp

 

6. Asset-oriented STEM Education Practices that Engage Racialized Learners

Cindy Jong, Sylvia L. Mendez, Eika Johnson, and Umer Abdur Rehman

 

7. Gender Justice in STEM Education Research and Practice 

K. Rende Mendoza, Gary W. Wright, Khanh Q. Tran, Anna Marie LaChance, and Mario I. Suarez

 

8. The Landscape of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in Postsecondary STEM Education in the United States

Allison Godwin, N.G. Holmes, Matthew Dew, Stephanie Fuchs, Keven Kaufman-Ortiz, Bryan MacNeill, Campbell James McColley, Shaunjae Suarez, and Charlotte Zimmerman

 

 

Section 3: STEM Teaching and Learning in PK-12

 

9. Design Learning in STEM Education

Greg J. Strimel and Lyn D. English

 

10. Computational Thinking in K-12 Education

Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Aman Yadav, and Cornelia Connolly

 

11. Opening Doors to STEM Integration: Global Perspectives on Inclusive Instructional Approaches for Increasing Access and Participation

Maya Israel, Meize Guo, Namkang Sriwattanarothai, Lauren Weisberg, Weena Naowaprateep, and Andrew Bennett

 

12. The Importance of Early Childhood STEM Education  

Charlene M. Czerniak, Cristina Guarrella, Douglas H. Clements, Christine M. Cunningham, and Julie Sarama

 

Section 4: STEM Teacher Education

13. Externships and Research Experiences as Pathways to Teacher Development

Jennifer R. Meadows, Bradley Bowen, and P. John Williams

 

14. Systemic Change in STEM Teacher Preparation: Transformative Reformation and Partnerships

Andrea C. Borowczak, Laurie O. Campbell, Ali Bicer, Xavier Fazio, and Mike Borowczak

 

15: Evidence-based Models for Effective Integrated STEM Professional Development

S. Selcen Guzey, William, S. Walker, Tamecia R. Jones, and Brandon Sorge

 

Section 5: Postsecondary and Out-of-School STEM

 

16. Active Learning and Student Engagement in STEM Postsecondary Contexts

Jennifer Osterhage, Jacob Wainman, Bradley Elliott, Kehinde Fatokun, and Irene Unazi

 

17. Grand Challenges Across Discipline-Based Educational Research (DBER): Expanding from Individuals to Systems, Culture, and Structures

Chris Rasmussen, Renee Cole, Stephanie M. Gardner, Alejandro Gonzalez-Martin, Charles Henderson, and Nicole D. LaDue

 

18. Informal STEM Education Environments & Outcomes

Margaret R. Blanchard, Kristie S. Gutierrez, Sera Harold, Aaron C. Clark, and Helga Hambrock

 

Section 6: Using Evidence to Inform Future Work in STEM

 

19. Integrated STEM School Models: Student Outcomes and Teacher Characteristics

Erin E. Peters-Burton, Judith Hiller, Vanessa Peters Hinton, and Jennifer Suh

 

20. Evaluating STEM Investments: Transparency and Accountability

Carla C. Johnson, Toni A. May, Janet B. Walton, Katherine Glover, Vincent Schiavone, and Megan P. Wuebker

 

21. A Global Call to Transform STEM Education: Challenges and Opportunities Around the Globe  

Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Sarah Bush, Kristin Cook, Jessica Ivy, and Megan Burton

Biography

Carla C. Johnson is Professor of STEM and AI Education and Executive Director of the AI Academy at North Carolina State University, USA.

Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder is Professor of STEM Education and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Innovation at Kansas State University, USA.

Tamara J. Moore is Crowley Family Professor of Engineering Education, Executive Co-Director of INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering, and Director of SCALE K-12 at Purdue University, USA.

Lyn D. English is Professor of STEM Education at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Christa Jackson is a Professor of Educational Studies at Saint Louis University, USA.