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Reaching t he Audience

Reaching t he Audience. Becoming a STEM Champion. Influence educators to increase student exposure to integrated STEM education Serving as a model Serving as a resource Providing professional development for colleagues Serving as curriculum specialist Serving as an advocate.

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Reaching t he Audience

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  1. Reaching the Audience Becoming a STEM Champion

  2. Influence educators to increase student exposure to integrated STEM education • Serving as a model • Serving as a resource • Providing professional development for colleagues • Serving as curriculum specialist • Serving as an advocate Primary Task of the Champion

  3. The science of education • Holistic approach of educating children • Correct use of instructional strategies • Greek “paidos” means child • Greek “ago” means lead • To lead the child What is Pedagogy?

  4. Greek: “Man-leading” • Malcolm Knowles: World renown. Taught at UA • Based on a humanistic conception of self-directed and autonomous learners and teachers as facilitators of learning What is Andragogy?

  5. Six Assumptions about Andragogy • Adults need to know the reason for learning something • Experience (including errors) provides the basis for adult learning • Adults need to be involved planning their instruction • Adults are most interested in learning that has immediate relevance • Adult learning is problem-centered rather than content-oriented • Adults respond better to internal versus external motivators • Contrast between self-directed and 'taught' education. Differences

  6. Raymond Cattell (psychology) • Fluid intelligence: Capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations—independent of acquired knowledge (abilities decrease with age) • Crystallized intelligence: Ability to use skills, knowledge, and experience—lifetime intellectual achievement (abilities increase with age) Fluid vs. Crystallized Intelligence

  7. Start where they are! • And, build from that point forward • With which content are most elementary teacher most comfortable? So, What does this mean for the STEM Champion?

  8. Use children’s literature to promote STEM • Expand upon a book commonly shared in elementary schools • Move from comfortable to uncomfortable/known to unknown • Promote STEM learning • Deliver important STEM standards and content • Engage students • Content important enough to know when 30 • Content central to STEM Literacy!

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