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The school that connects STEM, badging, and life beyond the classroom

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As educators, we know that science is not just a body of knowledge, but it is a process that enables people to answer questions through scientific inquiry. These are important skills for students to master, not least because of the growing demand for science and STEM professionals.

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Friday 5: STEAM education in action

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In these STEM laboratories, students can develop their science, engineering, and mathematics skills by using technology to create, collaborate, and complete projects–learning and applying knowledge to find new solutions. These educational spaces encourage active learning and problem solving.

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Graduate Students Want to Solve ‘Wicked Problems.’ Are Universities Delivering?

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Graduate education—with its specialization, close access to faculty members, and opportunities for deep learning—ought to help with this kind of interdisciplinary training. Do graduate students themselves want to pursue interdisciplinary aims and become “wicked”? Those who have enrolled in intentionally interdisciplinary Ph.D.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Citizen scientists come from all walks of life and have made invaluable contributions to scientific knowledge and understanding. Apart from careful studies conducted in complex laboratories, science also runs on data collection, observations, and statistical analysis.

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

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This new age of teaching and learning will be more integrated into the day-to-day, more interdisciplinary, and more based on the lived experience of the teacher and student. More students than researchers previously thought struggle to decode or, use their knowledge of letter sounds to sound out complex, multisyllabic words.

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Is the Post-Pandemic Era Ripe for Rethinking High School?

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The organization describes its ultimate goal as graduating more students who have fundamental knowledge and skills, collaborate well, think creatively and are motivated to keep learning throughout their lives. When I first came to this school, I felt as if student voices didn’t matter. It was exciting. It was challenging.