Integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics : issues, reflections, and ways forward / / edited by Leonie Rennie, Grady Venville, and John Wallace

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 607.1
• Soggetto topico: Technical education; Science - Study and teaching; Mathematics - Study and teaching; Interdisciplinary approach in education
• Classificazione: EDU007000EDU029030
• Altri autori: RennieLeonie J VenvilleGrady Jane WallaceJohn <1947-> (John William)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Issues, Reflections, and Ways Forward; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 EXPLORING CURRICULUM INTEGRATION: Why Integrate?; 2 FOCUS ON LEARNING: Building Rockets and Submarines at Leaside High School; 3 FOCUS ON PROBLEM-SOLVING: Modeling an Ice Hockey Rink at Greenwich Public School; 4 FOCUS ON ENGINEERING: Bridge Building at Southern High School; 5 FOCUS ON LITERACY: Linking Language and Horticulture at Seaview Community School ; 6 FOCUS ON REINFORCEMENT: Exploring Electricity and Energy Use at Beachville High School7 FOCUS ON FOCUS: Making and Marketing a Toy at Rinkview Public School; 8 FOCUS ON TEACHER SUPPORT: Considering Access for the Disabled at Gosport Community School; 9 FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP: Constructing a Model House at Mossburn School; 10 FOCUS ON COMMUNITY: Learning About Tiger Snakes at Chelsea Elementary School; 11 FOCUS ON VALUES: Investigating Water Quality in a Local Lake at Kentish Middle School; 12 REFLECTING ON CURRICULUM INTEGRATION: Seeking Balance and Connection Through a Worldly Perspective ; CONTRIBUTORSINDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: How can curriculum integration of school science with the related disciplines of technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enhance students' skills and their ability to link what they learn in school with the world outside the classroom? Featuring actual case studies of teachers' attempts to integrate their curriculum, their reasons for doing so, how they did it, and their reflections on the outcomes, this book encourages science educators to consider the purposes and potential outcomes of this approach and raises important questions about the place of science in the school curr
• Titolo autorizzato: Integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
• ISBN: 1-136-63668-4; 1-280-68439-9; 9786613661333; 1-136-63669-2; 0-203-80389-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806293403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Teaching and learning in science series ; ; 6.