STEAM Education for Every Child Part 1 – Podcast Episode 152 | Classnotes Podcast 152
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Classnotes Podcast (June 30, 2015) Despite efforts across the nation over the last decade to increase STEM education for girls and minority students, the data show we’re not succeeding. Reports last year revealed that, in two states, not even one female student took the AP computer science test, for example. In 11 states, there were no African American students who took the test, and no Hispanic students took it in eight states. One initiative that is showing promise is to move from STEM to STEAM by integrating the arts into STEM work.
Math educator, Paula Martin Johnson, M.A., an IDRA education associate discusses how STEAM strategies combine a content standard and an art standard, side-by-side. This gives students an opportunity to analyze and express the content learning, while drawing on their experience, making the abstract STEM concept concreate and real.
Paula is interviewed by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA senior education associate.
Show length: 14:20
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Resources
Education Closet Lessons
EdCloset serves classroom teachers, arts educators and leaders by providing a space to work together and learn about Arts Integration and STEAM.
http://educationcloset.com/arts-integration-lessons/
Rhode Island School of Design
STEM to STEAM is a RISD-led initiative to add Art and Design to the national agenda of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education and research in America. STEM + Art = STEAM. The goal is to foster the true innovation that comes with combining the mind of a scientist or technologist with that of an artist or designer.
http://academicaffairs.risd.edu/research/8736-2/stem-to-steam/
Coca-Cola Sounds of Ahh videos:
• Always a good time
• Choosing sound effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_DDq9DHH8&list=PLMOl-k_wkL1Y_qCgi6JvvNOdic3nilXci
• “Little Talks” – Kurt Hugo Schneider & Kevin Olusola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cWj4fQBW8U
STEM Data from the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA)
http://search.esa.gov/search?query=STEM&x=0&y=0&affiliate=esa
Michelle Obama Presentation at the Mulberry School
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/16/watch-michelle-obamas-inspirational-speech-at-tower-hamlets-comp-5248362/
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