Through collaborative settings, teachers and the specialist were able to design modern real-world problems for students that allowed students to apply engineering design practices to find solutions. Teachers were provided with team planning time that focused on the instructional design of the STEM Block lessons. The STEM specialist at Gemini Elementary School provided the teachers with the foundation for the in-depth acquisition of STEM content and pedagogical skills. This paperįocuses on the emergent themes of the (a) critical role of the specialist, (b) instructional design, and (c) integration of the engineering laboratory. Survey, interview, focus group, and observational data were analyzed and coded to determine effective practices of the STEM program. This exploratory case study examined the integration of a STEM program in an elementary-level school. Therefore, early exposure to effective engineering design practices could create a foundation for a STEM program. STEM faculty members were likely to have a neutral or positive conception where non-STEM faculty members often had negative feelings about STEM.Ĭreating a STEM-driven culture incorporating engineering habits of mind and 21st century skills at an early age could impact students’ STEM interests and knowledge. Their conception is most likely based on their academic discipline or how STEM impacts their daily lives. This paper examines the conceptions of STEM held by faculty members from a public Research I institution in the middle of a regional “STEM movement.” Faculty members responded to two open-ended questions: (1) What is STEM? and (2) How does STEM influence and/or impact your life? Although 72% of these faculty members possessed a relevant conception of STEM, the results suggest that they do not share a common conceptualization of STEM. The acronym STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) has been adopted by numerous programs as an important focus for renewed global competitiveness for the United States, but conceptions of what STEM entails often vary among stakeholders. It is slowly becoming the future of medicine.Educational reformation has proceeded slowly despite the many calls to improve science and mathematics for our students. īoth types of stem cells have advantages and disadvantages, but the advantage of stem cell research heavily outweigh the disadvantages. There are many misconceptions of embryonic stem cells which will be addressed in the next blog post. They are usually grown in a laboratory within a cell culture. All embryonic stem cells originate from an embryo. Įmbryonic stem cells are more controversial since they are produced in the embryo stage of development. They have no known origin, but they are used in most of the groundbreaking research that is currently happening. It can renew itself or become a specialized cell within the body just like the stem cells I explained above. The specialized cells that can be produced have specific function related to where they are produced in the human body. Stem cell research is also categorized by the stem cell type used.Īdult stem cells, or somatic cells, are produced from the human body once an individual is born. So what is a stem cell? A stem cell is simply a cell that can either reproduce another stem cell or a specialized cell an infinitive amount of times. Current research can easily be tracked on the National Institute for Health website. Since doing that report, I have become passionate about stem cell research and have followed closely the advancements made in the field.
Since I went to a STEM(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) high school, my biology teacher assigned us a report on stem cell research. Most people are either introduced to it when exposed to the treatment themselves or through a loved one. I was exposed to stem cell research in the ninth grade. However, it is also not very well known in today’s society. Stem cell research is one of the most innovative research methods being used in modern society.
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