ABSTRACT
Reconceptualizing STEM Education explores and maps out research and development ideas and issues around five central practice themes: Systems Thinking; Model-Based Reasoning; Quantitative Reasoning; Equity, Epistemic, and Ethical Outcomes; and STEM Communication and Outreach. These themes are aligned with the comprehensive agenda for the reform of science and engineering education set out by the 2015 PISA Framework, the US Next Generation Science Standards and the US National Research Council’s A Framework for K-12 Science Education. The new practice-focused agenda has implications for the redesign of preK-12 education for alignment of curriculum-instruction-assessment; STEM teacher education and professional development; postsecondary, further, and graduate studies; and out-of-school informal education. In each section, experts set out powerful ideas followed by two eminent discussant responses that both respond to and provoke additional ideas from the lead papers. In the associated website < https://waterbury.psu.edu/summit/>; highly distinguished, nationally recognized STEM education scholars and policymakers engage in deep conversations and considerations addressing core practices that guide STEM education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |32 pages
Introduction
part I|66 pages
Systems Thinking
chapter 5|18 pages
Response 2
part II|47 pages
Model-Based Reasoning
part III|56 pages
Quantitative Reasoning
chapter 10|18 pages
Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics Education
chapter 13|14 pages
Response 2
part IV|48 pages
Equity, Epistemic, and Ethical Outcomes
chapter 15|17 pages
Defining a Knowledge Base for Reasoning in Science
part V|49 pages
STEM Communication and Policy Outreach
chapter 19|11 pages
New Environments for Professional Development
chapter 21|11 pages
Response 2
part |27 pages
Reflections and Summary