STEM Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach breaks from the more historical idea of making knowledge within disciplines and seeks to engage the reader in a growing conversation that is gaining momentum and is focused on an 'interdisciplinarity of STEM education', which seeks to embrace and/or present emerging perspectives on the standards. Importantly, the conversation on STEM education and interdisciplinary approaches to teacher preparation may draw into specific relief the respective professional and/or disciplinary standards for each of the four STEM disciplines as each relates to fostering an interdisciplinary approach. The importance and relevance of this interdisciplinary perspective to teacher preparation lies in the realization that STEM literacy moves into everyday lives and thinking, and not just in STEM related disciplines. This means that faculty in teacher preparation need to extend the range of STEM literacy in pedagogical strategies so that STEM teaching is enriched with multimodal literacies into teaching and learning, which in turn makes STEM knowledge more relevant and engaging for its manifest connections to solving the problems that challenge society.
Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - Introduction: STEM Teacher Preparation and Practice: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Patrick M. Jenlink and Karen Embry Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University SECTION ONE: Interdisciplinary Thinking and Place-Based Practices in STEM Education Chapter 2: Toward an Eccentric Educational Ideal: The Demands for Interdisciplinary Thinking and Collaboration Shawn Vecellio, The National Hispanic University Chapter 3: Looking Deeper through the STEM Lens: Exploring the Intersection between Content and Context to Optimize Learning Louis S. Nadelson and Anne Seifert, Boise State University Chapter 4: "I Don't Know Anything About DNA. Well I Do, But Not From You Guys": A Vision for Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching Vanessa Svihla, Kersti Tyson, Justin Boyle, Jamie Collins, Ara Kooser, Ayesha Livingston, Abigail Stiles, and Julie Bryant Chapter 5: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Reform in Teacher Education: Implications for Teaching Practice Deborah Moore-Russo and Naemi Waight SECTION TWO: Complexities and Challenges in STEM Education Chapter 6: Developing a STEM Education Teacher Preparation Program to help Increase STEM Literacy amongst Preservice Teachers Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Christa Jackson, D. Craig Schroeder, and Jennifer Wilhelm, University of Kentucky, Fayette County Public Schools Chapter 7: Troubling STEM: Making a Case for An Ethics/STEM Partnership Astrid Steele, Nipissing University Chapter 8: Literacy-Rich STEM Project Based Learning: Preparing STEM Teachers for High Needs Schools Kevin Carr, Pacific University College of Education Chapter 9: Promoting an Interdisciplinary Approach to STEM Education: Matching STEM Pedagogy to Trends on the Demand-Side Joseph Mukuni Chapter 10: Epilogue: The Future of STEM Teaching Karen Embry Jenlink and Patrick M. Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University About the Editors About the Contributors
