The Search for Method in STEAM Education (eBook)

Jaime E. Martinez (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
VIII, 165 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-55822-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder. Crucial to their success, Martinez finds, is the playful and performatory approach they employ in their teaching. Their practices are creative, improvisational, and inclusive, and are shared in detail through illustrations and interviews. Throughout the book, the author explores a Vygotskian cultural performatory approach to creating interdisciplinary STEAM learning environments, drawing out the history of this approach and its success in fostering collaboration, creativity, leadership, and communication skills, as well as its effect on social, emotional, and cognitive growth in both formal and informal educational settings.

Jaime E. Martinez is Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), USA. His active research interests include STEAM education, service-learning pedagogy, and Vygotskian cultural performatory approaches to human development and learning.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements 6
Contents 7
Part I Setting the Stage 9
Chapter 1 The Education for Workforce Development Paradigm 21
Weak Links 23
Accountability and Achievement 24
Standards 25
Don’t Reform, Perform! 27
References 27
Chapter 2 Methodological Approaches to STEMSTEAM Learning 29
Thoughts on Centeredness 30
Project-Based Learning Professional Development 31
Disequilibrium 32
Dispositions 34
Systematic Approaches 36
Performing With(in) a System—A Slight Digression 37
Irony and the PBL Workshop 38
Experiential Approaches 39
References 41
Part II Dialogues 42
Chapter 3 Science 49
Interdisciplinary Problems 49
Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research 51
An Interdisciplinary Conversation 53
Science Education Is Changing 64
References 66
Chapter 4 Technology 67
Language, “Tool and Result” Technology 68
(a) Historical Accounts—Digital Natives 69
Andrea’s Tech Crew 70
Jose Santiago’s Family 72
References 75
Chapter 5 Engineering 76
What’s This Maker Stuff in the Schools All About? 76
The Maker Movement and Engineering in Education 77
Traditional Path in Engineering 77
Informal Conversations with Two Young Women 78
The Magnet School Approach 79
Magnet School Details 84
STEM Learning and Special Education 89
Some Panel Comments on the Maker Movement 95
Reference 96
Chapter 6 Art 97
Performance and Preparation 97
A Playful Interdisciplinary Artist 103
Vygotsky, Creativity, and Art 111
Questions and Answers 112
References 113
Chapter 7 Math 114
Performances of Math Conversations 115
It Is Hard to Be Developmental 117
Brains Pre-Equipped for Doing Math in Social Settings 119
Performatory Tools 122
An Interview with Jeff 122
That’s Why Math Learning Is Hard 129
References 130
Part III Development Takes Practice 131
Chapter 8 Service-Learning Project 136
Organizing in Academia 136
Yes, and 136
Improv Games 137
Building an Environment with Relationships 137
Creating New Stages 138
Producing School 140
Zones of Proximal Development in STEM Learning Environments 143
Being and Becoming 146
Performance Activism 148
References 150
Chapter 9 Reflections 151
A Performatory Approach to Developmental Interdisciplinary STEAM Learning 151
Context 151
Performance 153
Play 154
Imagining a TED Talk About Preparing for the Real World 155
Bibliography 159
Index 161

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 165 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Curriculum Studies • Educational Policy • evaluation and assessment • K-16 public and college education • Vygotskian theory • zone of proximal development
• ISBN-10: 3-319-55822-6 / 3319558226
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-55822-6 / 9783319558226