Keywords
STEM, STEM education, technological literacy, K-12 education
Abstract
Developing and Assessing STEM Curriculum with the Intent of Promoting Technological Literacy Technological literacy is a key component of President Barack Obama’s $260 Million STEM educational initiative (Office of the Press Secretary, 2009). Central to his plan is STEM teacher training and curriculum development. Both of these issues were addressed and are currently being measured by the research outlined in this paper. Spring2010 a collection of technology and engineering education graduate students developed with mentoring from two technology and engineering education professors 20 lesson unit and lesson plans promoting technological literacy. The lesson plans are currently being used and assessed by various junior high school teachers. The development of the unit and lesson plans, the actual unit and lesson plans, and the outcome from the assessments will be discussed in this paper. Finally, the impact the curriculum design experience had on the teacher training of the technology and engineering education graduate students will also be discussed; associated findings have significant insight in to how professional development for in-service teachers might be done to help the development and inclusion of STEM education practices in the K-12 environment.
Original Publication Citation
Terry, R., Wright, G., & Bartholomew S. (2011). Developing and assessing STEM curriculum with the intent of promoting technological literacy. ASEE Conference Proceedings, Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy, Vancouver, Washington, USA
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Bartholomew, Scott; Wright, Geoff; and Terry, Ron, "Developing and Assessing STEM Curriculum with the Intent of Promoting Technological Literacy" (2011). Faculty Publications. 5581.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/5581
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2011-06-26
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8313
Publisher
ASEE Conference Proceedings, Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Department
Technology
Copyright Status
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
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