Conceptualizing Integrated <scp>STEM</scp> Education

Johnson, Carla C.

doi:10.1111/ssm.12043

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“…In fact, we admit that it is not easy to differentiate between the two perspectives. Even within the field of STEM education, there is ongoing controversy regarding how to view the interrelationships among the four disciplines [28,29]. We do not think that the two perspectives on robotics in connection to STEM education are a true dichotomy.…”

Section: Perspectives On Robotics In Early Childhood Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic Review of Research Trends in Robotics Education for Young Children

2018

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This study conducted a systematic and thematic review on existing literature in robotics education using robotics kits (not social robots) for young children (Pre-K and kindergarten through 5th grade). This study investigated: (1) the definition of robotics education; (2) thematic patterns of key findings; and (3) theoretical and methodological traits. The results of the review present a limitation of previous research in that it has focused on robotics education only as an instrumental means to support other subjects or STEM education. This study identifies that the findings of the existing research are weighted toward outcome-focused research. Lastly, this study addresses the fact that most of the existing studies used constructivist and constructionist frameworks not only to design and implement robotics curricula but also to analyze young children's engagement in robotics education. Relying on the findings of the review, this study suggests clarifying and specifying robotics-intensified knowledge, skills, and attitudes in defining robotics education in connection to computer science education. In addition, this study concludes that research agendas need to be diversified and the diversity of research participants needs to be broadened. To do this, this study suggests employing social and cultural theoretical frameworks and critical analytical lenses by considering children's historical, cultural, social, and institutional contexts in understanding young children's engagement in robotics education.

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Section: Perspectives On Robotics In Early Childhood Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic Review of Research Trends in Robotics Education for Young Children

2018

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“…Johnson (2013) defines STEM as "an instructional approach, which integrates the teaching of science and mathematics disciplines through the infusion of the practices of scientific inquiry, technological and engineering design, mathematical analysis, and 21st century interdisciplinary themes and skills" (pg. 367).…”

Section: Stem and Engineering In The Elementary Classroommentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting integrated STEM in the elementary classroom: a professional development approach centered on an engineering design challenge

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2017

IJ STEM Ed

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Background: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is becoming more prevalent at the elementary level, and there has been a push to focus on the integration between the STEM disciplines. Researchers within this study sought to understand the extent to which triads composed of a classroom teacher, student teacher, and an engineering fellow were able to use the context of an engineering design challenge to integrate and incorporate STEM concepts into the elementary classroom. Using a content analysis approach, researchers analyzed STEM integration across four phases of learning: professional development workshop, lesson plan, classroom enactment, and post-lesson reflection. Results: Results highlight the ability for triads to conceptualize the integration of STEM concepts but also the challenge to sustain the integration of STEM concepts across phases of enactment.

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“…Secondly, to many professionals who work in this arena, the title of "STEM" implies a coordinated curricular integration. The goal of blending the STEM disciplines together systematically and strategically helps drive its progression in educational programming (Breiner et al 2012;Chiu, Price, & Ovrahim, 2015;Johnson, 2013). The concurrent adoptions of CCSSM and NGSS offer a platform for this integrated approach (Johnson, 2013) and the examination of these documents can help to highlight places of natural connections or places where the uniqueness of the disciplinary fields need to be recognized.…”

Section: Stem Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The attention to the STEM fields continues to increase since its emergence in the late 1980s (Assefa & Rorissa, 2013;Breiner, Harkness, Johnson, & Koehler, 2012) and STEM is actively promoted in the education policy arena where recent endorsements are found within the competitive Race to the Top education grant of 2009 (Johnson, 2013) and the dedication of billions of dollars by the U.S. federal government to this field (Breiner et al, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%