ABSTRACT
Sustainability transdisciplinary education model (STEM) education prepares students for a future where invention and reinvention prevail, where teams labor together in a quest to solve problems, where growth in skill and understanding is continuous. Elementary schools are pleading for assistance in implementing integrated STEM education programs. Introducing STEM tasks into the classroom challenges the status quo. STEM tasks are cognitively demanding and maintain a real-world focus. STEM education expands student capacity to make informed decisions as citizens and as designers of their own lives in ways that will positively impact the world of the future. Teaching Elementary STEM Education gives guidelines and examples readers might use to further their own conceptual understanding and skills, and it expounds on STEM-based instructional strategies to help teachers on their journey toward implementing STEM education in elementary school classrooms. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
