Integrative STEM Education
"...technological/engineering design-based learning approaches that intentionally integrate content and process of science and/or mathematics education with content and process of technology and/or engineering education. Integrative STEM education may be enhanced through further integration with other school subjects, such as language arts, social studies, art, etc."
(Sanders & Wells, 2010)
In Spring 2006, Virginia Tech (VT) became the first in the US to offer an Integrative STEM Education graduate program. These new graduate degree options develop 21st century K-16 STEM educators, leaders, scholars, and researchers prepared to investigate, teach, and disseminate new integrative approaches to STEM teaching and learning. Our focus on the investigation and application of new integrative approaches to STEM education uniquely sets us apart from other STEM programs. Integrative STEM Education is wholly consistent with, and is an exemplar of, the recommendations of the seminal STEM education reform publications of the past two decades, including Science for All Americans, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, National Science Education Standards, Standards for Technological Literacy, and Educating the Engineer of 2020.
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Dr. John Wells
Program Leader
315 War Memorial Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-8471
(540) 231-9075 (fax)
email: jgwells@vt.edu