Todd R. Kelley|J. Geoff Knowles
A conceptual framework for integrated STEM education
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
global urgency improve stem education may driven environmental social impacts twentyfirst century turn jeopardizes global security economic stability complexity global factors reach beyond helping students achieve high scores math science assessments friedman world flat brief history twentyfirst century 2005 helped illustrate complexity global society educators must help students prepare global shift response challenges usa experienced massive stem educational reforms last two decades practice stem educators lack cohesive understanding stem education therefore could benefit stem education conceptual framework process integrating science technology engineering mathematics authentic contexts complex global challenges demand new generation stem experts educational researchers indicate teachers struggle make connections across stem disciplines consequently students often disinterested science math learn isolated disjoined manner missing connections crosscutting concepts realworld applications following paper operationalize stem education key concepts blend learning theories build integrated stem education framework assist researching integrated stem education