Elementary STEM
elementary teachers with positive STEM experiences in school
Full Challenge: The number of elementary teachers who had positive STEM experiences in PK-16 school.
Challenge Description: Many elementary teachers did not have positive or fruitful STEM learning experiences in school.
Progress
Catalyzing Change in Math Education: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Elementary and Beyond
Watch "Catalyzing Change in Math Education: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Elementary and Beyond", a recorded "Steal This" presentation...
"I was pretty underwhelmed with the offerings out there for elementary teachers to receive STEM training"
One day my daughter (then 3) asked me, “Mommy, are you not happy anymore?” I was stunned. I didn’t realize that the joy I once had developing new STEM...
Elementary teachers often lack access to STEM professional development.
Published July 2017. Elementary students are minimally exposed to science, technology, mathematics, and science (STEM) content areas (National...
Few elementary teacher preparation programs have a STEM focus.
Published July 2017. Teacher preparation programs are faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: Instill teacher candidates with the theory,...
Many elementary teachers have anxiety about teaching STEM subjects.
Published July 2017. Research literature—not just in the United States, but in nations across the world—broadly shows that elementary teachers lack...
Teachers' voices are regularly absent from conversations about their professional growth.
Published July 2017. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs are expected to...