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Enhancing STEM Education Focus at Auburn University

Addressing the national imperative for STEM education to strengthen U.S. leadership and address declining supply of scientists and engineers. Current initiatives, missing components, goals, benefits, and action plan highlighted for enhanced collaboration and sustainable focus in STEM education.

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Enhancing STEM Education Focus at Auburn University

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  1. Developing a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Focus at Auburn University Dr. W. Gary Martin Professor of Mathematics Education AU Presidential Fellow martiwg@auburn.edu 334-559-3141

  2. Rationale • National calls for attention to STEM education • Perceived loss in U. S. leadership in STEM fields (cf. Rising Against the Gathering Storm, 2006) • Reported decline in the U. S.’s supply of scientists and engineers (Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, 2005) • Education is seen as the key to remedying this situation (cf. National Science Board, 2007) • This seems to be developing national priority.

  3. Auburn’s Current Efforts • Funded projects • TEAM-Math (NSF Math and Science Partnership, $9.5 million; Malone Family Foundation, $305,000) • Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (Alabama Dept. of Education, approx $1.5 million annually) • GK12 program (NSF, $1.9 million) • Noyce Scholarship Program (NSF, $308,000) • Increasing diversity: COSAM and Engineering

  4. Current Efforts (continued) • Outreach to K-12 • BEST robotics program • YES program • Interest or potential in other areas • Engineering education • Renewable energy, fisheries, … • Undergraduate education related to STEM

  5. What Is Missing • A coordinated and sustained focus on STEM education at Auburn University

  6. Goals • To enhance collaboration and communication among faculty members with an existing interest in STEM education and to recruit additional faculty members from across the Auburn University campus who are interested. • To develop an awareness of the need for a sustained focus on STEM education at Auburn University that includes stakeholders from other colleges and universities in the region, from K-12 education, and from business and industry.

  7. Benefits • Better coordination of existing efforts • Identification of potential new collaborations and projects • Including external stakeholders • Better positioning to respond to future RFPs

  8. Action Plan • Gathering information from: • Internal stakeholders regarding the role of STEM education at Auburn • External stakeholders regarding possible collaborations • Other institutions that have developed an effective focus on STEM education

  9. Initial Meeting STEM Education Initiative Initial Discussion April 21, 2008, 3:00-4:30 PM Foy 202

  10. For More Information Visit:http://www.auburn.edu/~martiwg/STEMfocus/ Contact: Dr. W. Gary Martin Professor of Mathematics Education AU Presidential Fellow martiwg@auburn.edu 334-559-3141

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