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Bill Bertrand Technology Education Advisor Pennsylvania Department of Education

Bill Bertrand Technology Education Advisor Pennsylvania Department of Education. Pennsylvania: Building a ‘STEM’ Agenda Including the “T & E”. Goals for Today. Overview Of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics ( STEM ) Education Making the “T & E” Connections In Pennsylvania

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Bill Bertrand Technology Education Advisor Pennsylvania Department of Education

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  1. Bill BertrandTechnology Education AdvisorPennsylvania Department of Education Pennsylvania: Building a ‘STEM’ Agenda Including the “T & E”

  2. Goals for Today • Overview Of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education • Making the “T & E” Connections In Pennsylvania • Q & A: Addressing Your Needs

  3. Overview Status Of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM). • National Governor’s Association (Innovation America Initiative) and the America COMPETES Act (American Competitiveness Initiative) • In this New Global Economy, Each State Needs A Workforce With The Knowledge And Skills To Compete . . . • NOW!

  4. Overview of STEM Through the National Governor’s Association Initiative, they have identified Specific Skills that a New Workforce will need: • Problem Solvers, Innovators, And Inventors Who Are Self-reliant • Able To Think Logically • Can work independently and collaboratively These are the critical foundations that drive Innovation and the Economy!

  5. Overview of STEM The key to developing these skills is strengthening Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) competencies in every K–12 student.

  6. Related Must Readings • National Academies of Engineering report, "Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology" • Business Roundtable report, "Tapping America’s Potential " • National Academies of Science report, "Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing And Employing America For A Brighter Economic Future " • National Science Board report "America's Pressing Challenge - Building a Stronger Foundation"

  7. Related Must Readings • PTC-MIT Consortium, Preparing for the Perfect Storm—A Report on the Forum "Taking Action Together: Developing a National Action Plan to Address the "T&E" of STEM" • National Academies of Engineering report, "Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering" • National Academies of Engineering report, "Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects" • International Technology Education Association report, "The Overlooked STEM Imperatives: Technology and Engineering, K-12 Education"

  8. Overview of STEM STEM Literacy: Refers to the ability to apply understanding of how the world works within and across . . . the four interrelated domains of STEM

  9. S_ _ _ Scientific Literacy! • Ability to use scientific knowledge (in physics, chemistry, biological sciences, and earth/space sciences) and processes not only to understand the natural world • but to participate in decisions that affect it (in three main areas — science in life and health, science in Earth and environment, and science in technology).

  10. _ T _ _ • . . . the ability to use, manage, understand, and assess technology. Students should know how to use new technologies, understand how new technologies are developed, and have skills to analyze how new technologies affect us, our nation, and the world. • Technology is the innovation, change, or modification of the natural environment to satisfy perceived human needs and wants. Technological Literacy!

  11. _ _ E _ • . . . the understanding of how technologies are developed via the engineering design process; • lessons are project-based and integrate multiple subjects, making difficult concepts relevant and tangible to students and tapping into students’ natural interest in problem-solving. • Engineering design is the systematic and creative application of scientific and mathematic principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems. Engineering Literacy

  12. _ _ _ M • . . . the ability of students to analyze, reason, and communicate ideas effectively as they pose, formulate, solve, and interpret solutions to mathematical problems in a variety of situations. Mathematical Literacy!

  13. S T E M • An interdisciplinary area of study that bridges the four areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. • STEM literacy does not simply mean achieving literacy in these four strands or silos. • Consequently, a STEM classroom shifts students away from learning discrete bits and pieces of phenomenon and rote procedures and toward investigating and questioning the interrelated facets of the real world. STEM

  14. Technology Education Connections in PA! Technology Education addresses the T & E! Recognize that it is not enough to teach science and math to build the engineering pipeline; students also need to learn the T&E to build the STEM workforce.

  15. STRATEGY #2: Support emerging work on standards, assessments, and curriculum on the “T” and “E” (technology and engineering) of STEM A key strategy to increase the relevancy of STEM to students’ lives is to increase student exposure to the “T” and “E” of STEM — technology and engineering. Both subjects focus on describing the human-made world in which students increasingly live in and include hands-on manipulation, design activities, and real-world problem solving experiences as core components of learning. Few states or school districts include engineering — the study of how new technologies are developed — as part of the core curriculum. NGA Innovation America: Building a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Agenda

  16. Technology Education Connections in PA! Do We Teach engineering or Engineering? engineering – little “e” – used as a verb to teach all students to think or learn to engineer or use engineering concepts Engineering – big “E” – used as a noun prepare students to be Engineers – career oriented

  17. YOU Need to be Involved! An Answer For STEM What are the value added outcomes of Technology Education programs?

  18. YOU Need to be Involved! A Greater Capacity for Innovation • Innovation is a process that can be taught and learned. • Technology Education is the major area of the common school curriculum that achieves this by teaching students about past technological innovations and also creating opportunities for students to design solutions to real world technological problems. • This is a chance for practice in the processes of design and innovation.

  19. YOU Need to be Involved! Higher Achievement in Mathematics, Science, and Language Arts • Early research indicates that experiences in technology education have a positive impact on achievement in math, science, and language arts including higher scores on standardized tests. • Technology Education stresses “hands-on minds-on” learning and provides answers to the common student question: Why do we need to know this?

  20. YOU Need to be Involved! Strong Supportfor the Workforce • The business community is still saying they need students entering the workforce with flexible skills, be able to solve problems, and have greater ability to work with a group and independently. • Technology learning activities are set up in such a way that students can learn these “soft skills.”

  21. YOU Need to be Involved! Sound Support for Engineering and Other Design Professions • Technology Education directly supports specific design related professions, especially engineering, architecture, and industrial design. • Advanced study in Technology Education can provide an appropriate orientation and transition to design fields. • Students in Technology Education learn what engineers, architects and other designers do in their day-to-day profession and how they solve problems, create technology, and help people.

  22. YOU Need to be Involved! Technological Literacy • Technological literacy is the ability to use, manage, evaluate, and understand technology. • As the primary purpose and outcome of Technology Education programs, general technological literacy can facilitate decision making through a developed understanding of the societal and social impacts, both positive and negative of technological development.

  23. What if Technology Education was included in NCLB? What if Technological Design and Technological Literacy were assessed? Questions For You?

  24. Do you recognize this? • “… theleading object shall be, without excluding scientific and classical studies…to teach agriculture and the mechanic arts…in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in all the pursuits and professions of life.”

  25. For more information contact: • Name: Bill Bertrand • Title: Technology Education Advisor • Address:  Pennsylvania Department of EducationDivision of Curriculum and Instruction333 Market Street, 8th FloorHarrisburg, PA  17126-0333 • Email: wbertrand@state.pa.us • Voice: 717-783-6848 • Fax: 717-783-3946

  26. Thank You

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