MSP Regional Meeting: NIH Resources to Support STEM Education

1. MSP Regional Meeting:NIH Resources to Support STEM Education Bruce A. Fuchs, Ph.D., Director Office of Science Education National Institutes of Health , DHHS bruce.fuchs@nih.gov http://science.education.nih.gov The instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown in this presentation are not intended as an endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education.

2. How Did the USA Lose Its Competitive Edge?

3. First, A Little Bit of History • How Did the USA Become the World Leader?

4. A convergence of events & technologies has allowed economic competition to become global An education “surplus” in one part of the world can now satisfy education “deficits” elsewhere “We must move up the value chain” Education is the key The World Is Flat

5. The World is Flat(ter) • Frederick MacKenzie • Toured the USA • Wrote alarmed dispatches • The American Invaders (1901)

6. The American Invaders • “England has slept while commercial rivals went ahead. She has been too content to rest satisfied with the great accomplishment of past generations. In short, Britons have been a little too prosperous, far too easy going. Master and men alike have been too readily contented. But those who know anything of the great reserve of strength of England are best aware that the nation needs only to rouse herself in earnest to recover much of the lost ground.”

7. The American Invaders • “Americans are succeeding today largely because of their climate, their better education, their longer working hours, their willingness to receive new ideas… and perhaps most of all, their freedom from hampering traditions. … The American workman is on the whole much better educated than his English rival.”

8. The Race Between Education and Technology byClaudia Goldin & Lawrence Katz (2008) • Early U.S. emphasis on education • Best educated workforce (1850) • The high school movement (1910) • Lost momentum (1970s–present)

9. “Common School Movement” Best EducatedWorkforce U.S. and U.K. GDP 1830-1860 Billions of 2005 Dollars

10. 2nd Morrill Act- 1890 Morrill Act of 1862-- “Land Grant Colleges Act” U.S. and U.K. GDP 1830-1900 Billions of 2005 Dollars

11. The National Defense Education Act of 1958 The GI Bill (1944) “High School Movement” (1910) U.S. and U.K. GDP 1830-2005 Billions of 2005 Dollars

12. US-China Science Education ExchangeBeijing- November 10-13, 2009

13. US-China Science Education ExchangeBeijing- November 10-13, 2009

14. High School Affiliated with Renmin University

15. High School Affiliated with Renmin University

16. “Little Scientists” Competition

17. GDP 2006 GDP in Trillions of US Dollars

18. GDP 2050 (Predicted-BRIC Study) GDP in Trillions of US Dollars

19. Thought Question • What bold, innovative education policy decisions should we be making today? • Are we making them?

20. Science.education.nih.gov

21. Categorized educational resources (1600+) Science.education.nih.gov

22. Science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks

23. http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/science_education_partnership_awards For program announcements http://www.ncrrsepa.org/ To see examples of funded projects. SEPA(Science Education Partnership Awards)

24. NIH Curriculum Supplements Series • Targets grades K-12 • 16 teaching units developed to date • Developed in collaboration with NIH scientists • Created with outside curriculum development experts (e.g., BSCS, EDC) • Interactive teaching units that combine cutting-edge science from the NIH with innovative pedagogy. • Over 340,000 supplements requested by educators in more than 16,700 zip codes http://science.education.nih.gov

25. www.nationallabday.org/

26. science.education.nih.gov/NIHSciEdNation

27. NIH Office of Science Education Bruce A. Fuchs, Ph.D., Director Office of Science Education Office of Science Policy National Institutes of Health, DHHS bruce.fuchs@nih.gov http://science.education.nih.gov