Toward Integrated STEM Education: Developing A Research Agenda

Committee on Integrated STEM Education September 2011 Meeting

Details
September
27
2011
to
September
28
2011
National Academies Keck Center
Washington DC
Contact
Greg Pearson
Contact Greg Pearson gpearson@nae.edu

Meeting 1
Keck Center of the National Academies
Project website

 

September 27, 2011  
 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Margaret Honey and Committee
 9:30 a.m. Overview of the Project and Statement of Task
Greg Pearson, NAE; Heidi Schweingruber, NRC
 
 10:00 a.m.  Break
 10:15 a.m. The Project in Context
Michael Feder, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy:  Update on study of federal STEM education efforts

Natalie Nielsen, NRC Board on Science Education:  Summary of report on successful STEM education

Heidi Schweingruber, NRC Board on Science Education:  Framework for K-12 Science Education
 
 12:00 p.m.  Lunch
 1:00 p.m. Preliminary Report on the Literature Review
Susan Burger, David Heil and Associates

Panel
Ken Welty, University of Wisconsin-Stout (formal STEM education)
Cary Sneider, Portland State University (informal STEM education)
Christopher Schunn and Eli Silk, University of Pittsburgh  (cognitive/learning sciences)
 
 2:30 p.m. Preliminary Communications and Outreach Plan
Greg Pearson, NAE
 3:00 p.m. Break
 3:15 - 5:00 Closed Session
   
 September 28, 2011  
 8:30 a.m.  Welcome from NAE President Charles M. Vest
 8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Closed Session
 12:00 p.m.  Adjourn