Wed, Apr 06, 2022 11:35 PM
STEM...A Coummity Investment
After finishing the book “Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning” by Jeff Weld, I found it a useful resource as it applies to STEM education. The book focused on the necessity of developing relationships between the business and educational communities. Over the past decade, our school district has place great emphasizes on a STEM driven curriculum. This has brought great awareness and demand for STEM centered resources. I would highly recommend Weld’s book to science department chairs, science supervisors and teachers alike. The book proved useful to educators as it defines the STEM “approach”, reviews practical applications, and examines how STEM should be implemented in the classroom. Most importantly, Weld shares ideas of how best to develop relationships within the community to foster STEM networks that promote community businesses to embrace a STEM culture and invest in its merit to ensure both students and teachers benefit from the alliance. I found that the information shared in the book provided a clear path of how to promote and implement STEM as a community endeavor not just as an isolated classroom event.