STEM to STREAMS

The editors of this book are from the University of Kansas and have worked in science, technology, engineering, mathematics education for over 25 year. Their professional backgrounds range from civil engineering, mathematics, and science and technology, which has provided both practical expertise in the STEM fields, and scholarly insights as professors in STEM education.

• Preface (Douglass Huffman, Kelli Feldman & Imogen Herrick)Chapter 1: Estuaries of Learning: Cultivating STREAMS Education Through Small-Scale Transdisciplinary Teaching (Imogen R. Herrick & Michael Lawson)Chapter 2: Digital Humanities and STREAMS(Britta Bletscher & Heidi L. Hallman)Chapter 3: Computer Science Curriculum for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Clare Baek, Sharin Jacob, Dana Saito-Stehberger, Leiny Garcia, Santiago Ojeda Ramirez & Mark Warschauer)Chapter 4: A Child-Robot Musical Theater for Diverse and Inclusive STREAMS Education for Young Children (Koeun Choi & Myounghoon Jeon)Chapter 5: A Transformational Framework for Integrating STEM and Social Justice (Cara Eleonora Daza)Chapter 6: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Early Childhood STREAMS Instruction: Integrating Social Emotional Competencies (Amanda Bennett)Chapter 7: Building a Diverse Stream of Engineers: The IDEA BioE Project (Meagan M. Patterson, Prajnaparamita (Prajna) Dhar & Douglas Huffman)Chapter 8: Beyond the Technocratic Views of Engineering (Gillian Roehrig)Afterword (Douglass Huffman, Imogen Herrick & Kelli Feldman)About the AuthorsAbout the Editors

How to proceed with STEM education is the challenge addressed in STEM to STREAMS: Towards a More Equitable Vision of STEM Education. The infusion of STEAM into STEM provides stimulating ways to add fresh nourishment and vitality to the field. Using the metaphor of STREAMS, each chapter presents contemporary ways of capitalizing on this vitality in STEM education. However, even with the addition of STREAMS, not all is coming up roses. The treatment of potential difficulties in STREAMS education provides a necessary and thoughtful grounding for these new ideas. This book is a valuable resource for STEM educators looking to expand their vision of STEM education.