1. Nov 10, 2009 — DRK-12 PI Meeting Standards in K-12 Tech Literacy & Engineering: Implications for Design & Research Christian Schunn

2. Current Lay of the Land ✤ ITEA 2000 + Technological Literacy Standards ✤ (and 2003 Advanced Excellence Standards) ✤ NAE/NRC 2009 Committee Report on K12- Engineering ✤ Ongoing NAE/NRC Committee on Whether There Should be National K-12 Engineering Education Standards Tech. Engr.

3. Theme 1: Don’t be another silo (Integration is ) ✤ Technology and Engineering are each as complex as Math and Science ✤ Math & ELA dominate the curriculum under NCLB ✤ Technology & Engineering competing with many others for remaining space ✤ Symbiosis/Synergy creates new opportunities for curricular time and learning trajectories MATHMATH SCIENCESCIENCE HISTORYHISTORY ENGLISHENGLISH ? The Silos

4. Theme 2: The Center of STEM & Beyond Technology Math Science Engineering Design “Science and technology are like conjoined twins.” “Mathematics and technology have a... more distant relationship.” English Language Arts 21st Century Thinking Skills “Math is the language of science”

5. Implications for Curric. Design ✤ New Engineering/Technology silo units unlikely to get broad uptake

6. Implications for Curric. Design ✤ New Engineering/Technology silo units unlikely to get broad uptake ✤ To include other discipline topics means to include standards-based topics

7. Implications for Design of Teacher Prof. Development ✤ Existing teaching pool poorly equipped for STEM integration (content knowledge and PCK): We need educative models for how teachers help students to make S,T,E,M connections

8. Implications for Ed Research ✤ Open Questions: ✤ Which forms of STEM connections for children produce short-term and/or long-term advantages for S, T, E, M learning? ✤ What forms of STEM integration easier for existing teachers? ✤ Can E and T really be integrated with no loss to S and M?