Improving urban schools : equity and access in K-12 STEM education for all students

Although STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been diversely defined by various researchers (e.g. Buck Institute, 2003; Capraro & Slough, 2009; Scott, 2009; Wolf, 2008), during the last decade, STEM education has gained an increasing presence on the national agenda throug...

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Other Authors Capraro, Mary Margaret (Editor), Capraro, Robert Michael (Editor), Lewis, Chance W. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
SeriesContemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
Subjects
Education, Urban > United States.
Science > Study and teaching > United States.
Technology > Study and teaching > United States.
Engineering > Study and teaching > United States.
Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States.
School improvement programs > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Education > Urban.
Education.
Urban communities.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613847
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-232-6
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Gerald A. Goldin
  • Introduction to stem equity / Robert M. Capraro
  • Chapter 1. Stem schools: Facilitating student engagement and college readiness / M. Suzanne Franco and Nimisha H. Patel
  • Chapter 2. The private sector, building stem partnerships, and moving models forward / Robert M. Capraro, Mary Margaret Capraro, and Michael Muzheve
  • Chapter 3. Culturally relevant project-based learning for stem education: Implications and examples for urban schools / Jamaal Young, Jemimah Young, and Christina Hamilton
  • Chapter 4. Disrupting inequity: How policy change can foster stem access for underserved students (k-12) / Frances R. Spielhagen
  • Chapter 5. Administrative support of stem culture / Brian Boyd and Matthew Grushon
  • Chapter 6. Racial and linguistic achievement disparities: Mathematics course-taking in urban school contexts / Eduardo Mosqueda and Saúl I. Maldonado
  • Chapter 7. Using three-dimensional virtual environments to prepare stem teachers / Trina Davis
  • Chapter 8. Using just-in-time pd to technologically prepare high school stem teachers / J. Eli Crow, Teresa J. Kennedy, Michael R. L. Odell / John D. Ophus, and Jason T. Abbitt
  • Chapter 9. Gender equity in stem: Increasing the persistence of females in the stem k-12 pipeline / Meredith Jones
  • Chapter 10. Geographic disparities in science achievement: The case of metropolitan st. Louis / Brittni D. Jones and William F. Tate
  • About the contributors.

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