Elementary STEM
Catalyst
teacher prep faculty with elementary STEM education expertise
This challenge is a catalyst, meaning it is one of the most strategic and efficient areas for creating impact and, if solved, would have outsized positive effects across the system.
Full Challenge: The number of teacher preparation faculty with expertise in elementary STEM education.
Challenge Description: Few teacher preparation program faculty have expertise in elementary STEM education.
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...
Doing the Math: Building a Foundation of Joyful and Authentic Math Learning for All Students
Read our new report "Doing the Math: Building a foundation of joyful and authentic math learning for all students". The report offers a fresh analysis...
Foundational Math Brain Trust: Equipping Elementary Teachers to Enable Authentic and Joyful Math Learning
100Kin10 is dedicated to solving the Grand Challenges underlying the STEM teacher shortage. In particular, we are mobilizing our network to tackle the...
"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...
STEM content and pedagogy are not integrated.
Published July 2017. Improvements in teacher preparation to better focus on the unique characteristics of 21st-century teaching and learning have been...