scholarly journals Academic Collaborative Efforts to Promote STEM Equity in High Needs Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. p10
Author(s):  
Nancy K. DeJarnette ◽  
Ruba S. Deeb ◽  
Jani Pallis
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Career Decisions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
High Needs Schools ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Diverse Student Population ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

America is at risk of facing a shortage of workers in STEM fields in the near future because lack of interest by its youth. It is well known that providing early exposure for P-12 students to engaging science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experiences can lead to lifelong learning and positively impact future career decisions. This manuscript describes one university’s collective efforts to bring equity to STEM education for an urban high needs school district in the northeastern part of the United States through various STEM initiatives over a five-year period. Through multiple projects and initiatives targeting both P-12 students and their teachers, descriptive results revealed a positive impact while pinpointing areas that still require attention. P-12 students indicated an increase in STEM knowledge and an increased interest in STEM careers following exposure to various STEM lessons and interactive experiences. P-12 teachers specified that Professional Development (PD) they received from university faculty as well as engaging in STEM experiences with their students enhanced their confidence in their ability to incorporate STEM lessons within their classrooms. An urban partner administrator viewed these various STEM initiatives as vital in their quest to bring equity for STEM education to their diverse student population.

scholarly journals White Multicultural Voices in Southern Universities: An Overview

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
Gina M. Doepker ◽  
Steven Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Southern Universities ◽  
Diverse Student Population

AbstractIt is a fact that the diversity of today’s student population in schools across the United States is growing. According to the Center for Public Education (2012), it is also a fact that the majority of teachers in these schools are White, middleclass females. As a result of this demographic mismatch, teacher educators have been charged with the mission to help future teachers embrace multiculturalism so as to effectively meet the needs of this diverse student population. In order for this pedagogical shift to be successful, teacher educators themselves (who are also majority White) must first embrace the tenets of multiculturalism as well. This article introduces the Special Issue of Muticultural Learning and Teaching (MLT) that presents the personal narratives regarding multiculturalism of several White scholars in academia who currently work in the field of teacher education in southern universities where diversity abounds throughout the schools.

Exploring Diverse Voices in the Classroom

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Chiao-Wei Liu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Music Programs ◽  
Ethnic Stereotypes ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Diverse Student Population ◽  
Racial Ethnic

With the increasing diverse student population in the United States, schools across the country face the challenge of addressing cultural diversity in the classroom. While this topic is not new in the field of music education, researchers argue that voices of minoritized groups remain absent in most music programs. Even if different music cultures are introduced, they often reinforce existing racial/ethnic stereotypes. In this column, I would like to share one concept that I found helpful in addressing diversity in the classroom. Through my own work, I learned that the music with which students engage outside the classroom affords rich potential to discuss issues related to diversity. Inviting students to bring in music that matters to them helps them develop their own voices and to recognize and respect different voices, through which we acknowledge the complexity and multiplicity of how diversity plays out in human experiences.

Technology for Management, Communication, and Instruction

2005 ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia L. Sapone ◽  
Kim J. Hyatt
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Diverse Student Population

This chapter introduces a pedagogically sound experience for teachers and teacher candidates as they prepare or continue to learn about the use of technology for the K-12 classroom. The authors hope that learning about fundamental technology skills will not only inform teachers about how to effectively meet the needs of a diverse student population, but also expand their knowledge base in terms of professional growth. Technology changes the way teachers interact with curriculum and engage in discourse with students and their families, peers, and administrators; therefore, it is essential to address how it can be utilized for management, communication, and instructional purposes in order to enhance the learning environment. This chapter argues that districts need to develop a plan that incorporates technology training for all teachers to create a positive impact on teaching and learning.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OFISTEM VOLUNTEERISM TOWARDS iV-STEM MODULE THROUGH PRACTICAL SKILLS IN THE STEM SKILL INFORMATION ONLINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (40) ◽  
pp. 168-179
Author(s):  
Ahmad Khudzairi Khalid ◽  
Nurul Balqis Nor’rah ◽  
Norbaiti Tukiman ◽  
CT Munnirah Niesha Mohd Shafee
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
And Mathematics

In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic that is sweeping the world today, volunteering continues to be an important agenda in the country's development mission. The participation of the community, especially the younger generation in volunteer activities is very important in creating an empathetic community. Therefore, to produce a national group that has a clear and far-sighted goal, it is very appropriate if the youths can continue to engage in volunteer activities. Nowadays, volunteering in the field of STEM education is very rare we hear, especially its implementation among university students. Not only that, according to the Ministry of Education Malaysia, the number of students taking Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects is decreasing every year. Lack of interest and exposure about the enjoyment of learning STEM subjects is a major factor in the lack of student's number in the STEM stream. Thus, this study aims to propose create a team of STEM Volunteers known as iV-STEM@Volunteers STEM, produce an online STEM module that is the iV-STEM capsule module and apply it to among of primary school students. Descriptive statistical methods were used to evaluate the program through organized feedback. A closer approach is implemented through the online STEM program and several competitions to test the level of STEM mastery of students are organized. Each online STEM program organized makes full use of the iV-STEM capsule module developed using STEM elements. Analysis from the study shows that the efforts of the group iV-STEM@Volunteers STEM have a positive impact in efforts to strengthen STEM education until the enrollment of STEM field enrollment reaches 60% by i2023.

scholarly journals Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) Education in Malaysia: Preparing the Pre-service Science Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Ahmad Muslihin Ahmad ◽  
Nooraida Yakob ◽  
Nur Jahan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
The United States ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Science Technology

The aims of this paper is to discuss the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) education in Malaysian educational system and how it has been implemented in teaching method course.  The policy of STEM education started in the United States and has been expanded to all over the world including Malaysia.  The policy of STEM education in Malaysia has its own understanding based on Malaysian Education policy. In ensuring the successful of STEM education, preservice teachers need to be trained. Hence, School of Educational Studies has taken this initiative to train these student teachers through Chemistry Teaching Methods course.  In this course, student teachers need to plan a lesson plan using 5E instructional model.  They also need to teach based on that lesson plan through simulated teaching in ensuring STEM elements are successfully implemented.

Ethnic Studies in the United States

Education ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Sleeter ◽  
Curtis Acosta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Curriculum And Pedagogy ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Diverse Student Population

Established in the late 1960s in the United States, ethnic studies has served as a foundation for efforts to transform curriculum and pedagogy for an increasingly diverse student population. While several countries have comparable histories of work by subordinated ethnic groups (such as Maori in New Zealand), because the nature of such work is specific to the country in which it originated, this article focuses on ethnic studies in the United States. Ethnic studies was perhaps most noticed during its development in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was new. But it continues to serve as an umbrella under which diverse racial and ethnic groups develop transformations of education, strengthened by a growing body of research that documents the benefits of ethnic studies to students.

scholarly journals Coronavirus Pedagogy in the Zoomoscape

Lateral ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Breen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Division I ◽  
Boston College ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Commercial Technology ◽  
Division I Athletes ◽  
Diverse Student Population ◽  
Empirical Foundation

The COVID-19 pandemic emptied universities, colleges, and schools across the United States in March 2020, forcing instructors into an unavoidable culture in which a networked commercial technology mediated teaching and learning. In the tradition of critical pedagogy, this article argues that students and instructors alike engaged through the artificial lenses and screens of Zoom. The “pinhole intimacy” of the Zoomscape is assessed using conscientization, the concept offered by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, to describe most pedagogy as an oppressive apparatus that can be overcome with direct engagement between students and instructors. In such an opticentric context, the Zoomosphere’s intimacy is used to explore how the emancipation proposed by conscientization might be applied to the culture of pedagogy in a college with a diverse student population, including pedagogical interventions to address the challenges associated with teaching Division I athletes. The context of a large communication department at Boston College provides the empirical foundation for the exploration of coronavirus pedagogy.

"Taming the Monster aka Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Viewpoint" (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Anand ◽  
Amardeep Kalsi ◽  
Jonathan Figueroa ◽  
Parag Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Dietary Compliance ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Uncontrolled Diabetes ◽  
Number Of Patients

BACKGROUND HbA1c between 6% and 6.9% is associated with the lowest incidence of all‐cause and CVD mortality, with a stepwise increase in all‐cause and cardiovascular mortality in those with an HbA1c >7%. • There are 30 million individuals in the United States (9.4% of the population) currently living with Diabetes Mellitus. OBJECTIVE Improving HbA1C levels in patients with uncontrolled Diabetes with a focused and collaborative effort. METHODS Our baseline data for Diabetic patients attending the outpatient department from July 2018 to July 2019 in a University-affiliated hospital showed a total of 217 patients for one physician. • Of 217 patients, 17 had HbA1C 9 and above. We contacted these patients and discussed the need for tight control of their blood glucose levels. We intended to ensure them that we care and encourage them to participate in our efforts to improve their outcome. • We referred 13 patients that agreed to participate to the Diabetic educator who would schedule an appointment with the patients, discuss their diet, exercise, how to take medications, self-monitoring, and psychosocial factors. • If needed, she would refer them to the Nutritionist based on patients’ dietary compliance. • The patients were followed up in the next two weeks via telemedicine or a phone call by the PCP to confirm and reinforce the education provided by the diabetes educator. RESULTS Number of patients that showed an improvement in HbA1C values: 11 Cumulative decrease in HbA1C values for 13 patients: 25.3 The average reduction in HbA1C: 1.94 CONCLUSIONS Our initiative to exclusively target the blood glucose level with our multidisciplinary approach has made a positive impact, which is reflected in the outcome. • It leads to an improvement in patient compliance and facilitates diabetes management to reduce the risk for complications CLINICALTRIAL NA

2. Using Creativity and Collaboration to Develop Innovative Programs That Embrace Diversity in Higher Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Helene Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Arts Integration ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Education ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Program Content ◽  
Diverse Student Population ◽  
Geographical Locations

This paper provides an example of an innovative solution to program development that addresses the diverse needs of teacher educators throughout various geographical locations in Florida, through a collaborative multi-university, muti-agency teacher training program funded by one collaborative grant.   Innovation is driven out of need, and I will discuss how I identified the needs at my university and then utilized creativity and collaboration to network and obtain the grant, which then facilitated, developed, and taught in a new M.Ed. program in Arts and Academic Interdisciplinary Education.  Program content and delivery were both planned around the diverse student population within the multi-university collaboration, with each university designing diverse programs to address the specific needs of their population but with the same concept of arts integration.  Collaboration also occurred within each university: the College of Arts and Science and the College of Education.  In addition, teachers were required to collaborate as coaches in their schools to train and support others in increasing arts integration in their schools.

Accidental Sustainability

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Jones
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
The United States ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Whole Foods

This chapter examines the scaling and diffusion of green entrepreneurship between 1980 and the present. It explores how entrepreneurs and business leaders promoted the idea that business and sustainability were compatible. It then examines the rapid growth of organic foods, natural beauty, ecological architecture, and eco-tourism. Green firms sometimes grew to a large scale, such as the retailer Whole Foods Market in the United States. The chapter explores how greater mainstreaming of these businesses resulted in a new set of challenges arising from scaling. Organic food was now transported across large distances causing a negative impact on carbon emissions. More eco-tourism resulted in more air travel and bigger airports. In other industries scaling had a more positive impact. Towns were major polluters, so more ecological buildings had a positive impact.

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