nov 10, 2009 — drk-12 pi meeting standards in k-12 tech literacy & engineering: implications...
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Nov 10, 2009 — DRK-12 PI Meeting
Standards in K-12 Tech Literacy & Engineering:Implications for Design & ResearchChristian Schunn
Current Lay of the Land
✤ ITEA 2000+ Technological Literacy Standards
✤ (and 2003 Advanced Excellence Standards)
✤ NAE/NRC 2009 Committee Report on K12-Engineering
✤ Ongoing NAE/NRC Committee on Whether There Should be National K-12 Engineering Education Standards
Tech.Engr.
Theme 1: Don’t be another silo (Integration is )✤ Technology and Engineering are
each as complex as Math and Science
✤ Math & ELA dominate the curriculum under NCLB
✤ Technology & Engineering competing with many others for remaining space
✤ Symbiosis/Synergy creates new opportunities for curricular time and learning trajectories
MATH
SCIENCE
HISTORY
ENGLISH
?
The Silos
Theme 2: The Center of STEM & Beyond
TechnologyMath
Science
Engineering Design
“Science and technology are like conjoined twins.”
“Mathematics and technology have a ... more distant relationship.”
English Language
Arts
21st Century Thinking
Skills
“Math is the language of science”
Implications for Curric. Design
✤ New Engineering/Technology silo units unlikely to get broad uptake
Implications for Curric. Design
✤ New Engineering/Technology silo units unlikely to get broad uptake
✤ To include other discipline topics means to include standards-based topics
Implications for Design ofTeacher Prof. Development
✤ Existing teaching pool poorly equipped for STEM integration (content knowledge and PCK): We need educative models for how teachers help students to make S,T,E,M connections
Implications for Ed Research
✤ Open Questions:
✤ Which forms of STEM connections for children produce short-term and/or long-term advantages for S, T, E, M learning?
✤ What forms of STEM integration easier for existing teachers?
✤ Can E and T really be integrated with no loss to S and M?