STEM Learning Is Everywhere Summary of a Convocation on Building Learning Systems (2014) / Chapter Skim
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7 Comments from Convocation Participants
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Pages 49-56
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AN ECOSYSTEMS APPROACH A prominent topic of conversation was the usefulness of the ecosystem analogy for STEM learning systems. Margaret Honey, president and chief executive officer of the New York Hall of Science, emphasized the importance of specifying what an "ecosystem" means in the context of a STEM learning system.
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Some are very focused on STEM subjects, while others are not STEM focused at all, she pointed out. Ryan Collay, director of the Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences Program at Oregon State University, pointed to the need to identify common goals while respecting the diverse cultures of the parts of the STEM learning system.
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"That's really important and exciting," she said. Martin Storksdieck, a staff member at the National Research Council, emphasized the importance of including policy makers in the conversation.
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"Maybe that's a good way to start thinking about scaling up opportunities for kids to connect with STEM," he suggested. Kenneth Hill, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Program, noted that the American Association for the Advancement of Science has initiated a mentorship program to work directly with teachers and schools, which is a model that could be considered for collaboration.3 Claudia Walker, a fifth-grade teacher from the Murphey Academy and a member of the organizing committee, emphasized the importance of reaching out not only to teachers who are enthusiastic, but also to those who are reluctant.
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Phil LaFontaine, director of the Professional Learning Support Division in the California Department of Education, reminded the group of the need to keep working on exactly what STEM education means in the context of all three sectors. He also observed that parents and other members of the public need to be informed of how STEM education is changing from what they experienced so that they do not react negatively to those changes.4 Christopher Roe, chief executive officer of the California STEM Learn 4 Several weeks after the convocation ended, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council jointly released a video titled "What Is STEM?
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The STEM Funders Network was created using the design process, she noted, "and there's a long and good track record of using STEM to create STEM education." Elizabeth Stage, director of the Lawrence Hall of Science, emphasized the importance of publicizing successes. She said that creating a public event that features local officials and policy makers "costs a lot of staff time but not a lot of cash" and can get "a lot of attention." ALLIES Finally, many convocation participants discussed the importance of developing allies.
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Students come to kindergarten with varying degrees of preparation to learn about science, which is just one indication of how important parents are to STEM learning systems, she noted, adding that "trying to help parents understand what they can do to help support their student in STEM is a really important part of the work we are doing."
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