GSE/DIS Making Connections: Resources for K-12 Service-learning and Experiential Learning in STEM Disciplines

代顿大学正在为K-12 STEM教育工作者提供服务学习和体验学习资源网站。 服务学习和体验式学习方法，当融入STEM课程，导致对这些领域的积极态度，并增加学生在这些领域继续深造的可能性。智力优势这个项目提供了一个简单的机制，告知一个重要的K-12名STEM教育工作者提供战略，将服务学习和体验学习纳入其课程，以鼓励学生在这些领域追求职业生涯。 通过为这些教育资源开发一个中央储存库，并使这一资源对用户友好和易于访问，教育工作者更有可能在其课程中实施这些资源。该项目对最简单、最便宜、最有效的方法进行评估、提炼和分类，通过帮助学生将STEM学科与现实世界的问题“联系起来”，提高学生对STEM学科的兴趣，丰富学生的学习体验，提高STEM教育者对STEM学科内容和应用的技能。这些战略已被证明可以提高女孩和其他代表性不足的人群对这些领域的兴趣。PI在将服务学习纳入科学和工程课程方面拥有丰富的经验。更广泛的影响教育工作者将更容易将基本的STEM原则与现实生活中的应用联系起来，并将促进服务学习作为教学课程内容以及社会责任和道德的一种方法，并向学生展示科学、数学和工程学中“人性”的一面。 该项目预计将1）促进妇女和少数民族进入STEM领域，2）增加美国工程师和科学家的潜在人才库，3)有助于STEM教育者的发展，以及4）增强未来STEM工作者的文化敏感性，道德和社会责任感。

The University of Dayton is providing a web site of resources on service learning and experiential learning for K-12 STEM educators. Service-learning and experiential learning methods, when integrated into STEM curriculum, result in positive attitudes towards these fields and increase the likelihood of students pursuing further education in these areas.Intellectual MeritThis project is providing a simple mechanism to inform a significant group of K-12 STEM educators of strategies available to incorporate service learning and experiential learning into their curriculum in order to encourage students to pursue careers in these fields. By developing a central repository for these educational resources, and making this resource user-friendly and easily accessible, educators are more likely to implement them in their curriculum. The project is evaluating, distilling, and classifying the most easy-to-use, inexpensive, and effective methods.By helping students to "make the connections" between STEM subjects and real-world issues, the educational strategies are expected to increase student interest in STEM disciplines, enrich learning experiences for students, and enhance the skills of STEM educators on the content and application of STEM subjects. The strategies have been shown to enhance the interest of girls and other under-represented populations in these fields.The PI has extensive experience in incorporating service learning into science and engineering curriculum.Broader ImpactsEducators will more easily tie basic STEM principles to real-life applications and will promote service learning as a method of teaching course content as well as social responsibility and ethics, and show students the "human" side of science, math and engineering. The project is expected to 1) promote the entry of women and minorities into the STEM fields, 2) increase the potential pool of engineers and scientists in the U.S., 3) contribute to the development of STEM educators, and 4) enhance cultural sensitivity, ethics and social responsibility in future STEM workers.