scholarly journals A Theoretical Framework for Implementing STEM Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vongai Mpofu
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Theoretical Framework

scholarly journals Issues and Challenges in Teaching Secondary School Quantum Physics with Integrated STEM Education in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 190-202
Author(s):  
Laurah Markus ◽  
Stephanie Sungkim ◽  
Mohd. Zaki Bin Ishak
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Interactive Simulation ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Instructional Module ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Physics Curriculum

The emphasis on STEM education in the physics curriculum moves toward addressing the 21st-century demands, but its implementation is fraught with issues and challenges. This paper exposes teachers’ and students’ concerns and problems with integrated STEM education implementation and relates them to the anticipated problem in quantum physics (QP) learning and facilitation (L&F) in secondary school. The QP L&F challenges include the odd ontological worldview and abstractness of concepts, which have created serious misconceptions among teachers and students. A solution is proposed to address this difficulty, including applying an interactive simulation and a hands-on experiment. This paper also proposes a theoretical framework for developing an instructional module to cater to meaningful QP learning with integrated STEM elements. The proposed theoretical framework has several advantages, including guidance in planning an instructional module applicable to classroom activities and explaining the topic using an inquiry-based learning (IBL) approach with learning activities coordinated using the 5E Instructional Model. Nonetheless, further research is necessary to study the instructional module’s development, usability, and L&F effectiveness in the classroom.

A Theoretical Framework for Integrated STEM Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jairo Ortiz-Revilla ◽  
Ileana M. Greca ◽  
Irene Arriassecq
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Integrated Stem

Mind wandering as data augmentation: How mental travel supports abstraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrthe Faber
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Mental Content ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Important Addition

Abstract Gilead et al. state that abstraction supports mental travel, and that mental travel critically relies on abstraction. I propose an important addition to this theoretical framework, namely that mental travel might also support abstraction. Specifically, I argue that spontaneous mental travel (mind wandering), much like data augmentation in machine learning, provides variability in mental content and context necessary for abstraction.

Adaptive and Maladaptive Neural Plasticity Due to Facial Nerve Palsy

2016 ◽  
Vol 224 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten M. Klingner ◽  
Stefan Brodoehl ◽  
Gerd F. Volk ◽  
Orlando Guntinas-Lichius ◽  
Otto W. Witte
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Cortical Plasticity ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Predictive Coding ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cortical Reorganization ◽  
Nerve Lesion ◽  
Peripheral Facial Palsy

Abstract. This paper reviews adaptive and maladaptive mechanisms of cortical plasticity in patients suffering from peripheral facial palsy. As the peripheral facial nerve is a pure motor nerve, a facial nerve lesion is causing an exclusive deefferentation without deafferentation. We focus on the question of how the investigation of pure deefferentation adds to our current understanding of brain plasticity which derives from studies on learning and studies on brain lesions. The importance of efference and afference as drivers for cortical plasticity is discussed in addition to the crossmodal influence of different competitive sensory inputs. We make the attempt to integrate the experimental findings of the effects of pure deefferentation within the theoretical framework of cortical responses and predictive coding. We show that the available experimental data can be explained within this theoretical framework which also clarifies the necessity for maladaptive plasticity. Finally, we propose rehabilitation approaches for directing cortical reorganization in the appropriate direction and highlight some challenging questions that are yet unexplored in the field.

A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating the Congruency of Organizational Practice

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Robinson ◽  
Allison N. Tenbrink ◽  
Rodger W. Griffeth
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Organizational Practice

The RISE Model: Students' Conceptions of the Relevance in STEM Education to Career Development

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Flanagan ◽  
Eleanor Castine ◽  
Kimberly A. S. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Stem Education

Social justice consciousness: Theoretical framework and training implications

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Oleen-Junk ◽  
Stephen M. Quintana ◽  
Julia Z. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
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