Matt’s Notes
Welcome everyone to our second episode of the third season! New frontiers and such! And while this STEM-based episode has taken a bit to incubate, we’re sure you will find the results well worth the wait!
Exercise the STEMs leading from your earholes to your brainparts! #ednontech
I think my best contribution to these notes will be simply to get them done!
This episode has been sitting here for nearly a month! Which speaks to the tempo of an academic term, at my end… but also, simply because these areas we’re exploring lately, STEM and as you’ll see in the next episode(s) going forward, we have a significant connection through this show which bears further investigation!
And so, I will do everyone the immense solid of getting out of my own way… on the way to getting this episode out the door!
A final thought from my educational practice and wider personal situation as late: you can never spend too much time thinking about your own wellness. The importance of eating properly, detaching from the screens, sleeping well, exercising, and staying in touch with people is significant… that last one maybe especially so! And as we start moving into the long, dark period of the year it’s worth reminding ourselves: it’s OK to feel unwell! And the best thing to do is remain in touch with the people around you!
Manifest the life on the (Martian) planet you want to envision… or something! Much gratitude and respect to Doug for his patience, as ever, and for being a rad creative partner on this wider endeavor!
Doug’s Notes
STEM (SMET) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
STEM education, “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education programs are defined as those primarily intended to provide support for, or to strengthen, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) education at the elementary and secondary through postgraduate levels, including adult education”
U.S. Department of Education. (2007). Report of the academic competitiveness council. Washington, D.C.
The very nature of STEM education means researchers must be continually looking at research from outside their specific discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics).
Brown, J. (2012). The current status of STEM education research. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 13(5).
Initially the acronym was SMET but after negative feedback…
The notion of STEM was conceived in the US in the late 1990s, stemming from concerns regarding a projected shortage of college graduates who could fulfil the needs of 21st-century industry for high-tech jobs.
Blackley, S., & Howell, J. (2015). A STEM narrative: 15 years in the making. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(7), 8.
There has been a global turn to STEM that is clearly evident in government efforts worldwide to elaborate STEM policy governing school science and mathematics, and tertiary level education and research in the STEM disciplines.
Recognition of the growing imperative for foundational scientific literacy, STEM skills and research and development (R&D) capacity has seen the establishment of legislation and policy governing STEM, science and technology, industry innovation and commercialization.
Freeman, B., Marginson, S., & Tytler, R. (2019). An international view of STEM education. In STEM Education 2.0 (pp. 350-363). Brill.
Analysis of data indicates that 421 authors contributed 150 published documents (Table 2). 407 authors published only one document, and 11 authors published two documents. While two authors published three documents and one author has published four documents.
Table 2 Bibliometrics statistics for the “Quality and STEM education” data set
Dynamics | Structure | ||
Timespan | 1993:2020 | Authors | 421 |
Sources (Journals, Books, etc.) | 106 | Author Appearances | 437 |
Documents | 150 | Single-authored documents | 28 |
Average citations per document | 7.37 | Authors per Document | 2.81 |
Average citations per year per doc | 1.12 | Co-Authors per Documents | 2.91 |
Keywords Index | 480 | Collaboration Index | 3.25 |
Author’s Keywords | 390 | References | 6,537 |
Jamali, S. M., Ale Ebrahim, N., & Jamali, F. (2023). The role of STEM Education in improving the quality of education: a bibliometric study. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33(3), 819-840.
Wonder Woman 1940s
The Top 5 Marvel Superheroes Acing Their STEM Field in Comics
- Lunella Lafayette aka Moon Girl
- Victor Von Doom aka Dr Doom
- Peter Parker aka Spider-Man
- Tony Stark aka Iron Man
- Riri Williams aka Ironheart
https://www.inverse.com/article/22521-marvel-stem-science-math-superheroes-iron-man
Word of the Podcast
STEM
Question of the Podcast
Is STEM education everything it is cracked up to be?
Phrase of the Podcast
That’s an awesome way of putting it, Doug
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Dopamine traps
We are deeply grateful to you for being here! Until we meet again!
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