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Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM(Science, Technology, Engineering,
The Arts,Mathematics)
Dr. Jay Dugan
PresentedFebruary 27, 2014
For the Learning Forward NJ 2014 Annual Conference
Welcome!
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
Real Educational Reform…
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
Real Educational Reform…
It is no longer about preparing students for the 21st Century
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We are no longer preparing students for the 21st century.
This
IS
the 21st Century.
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Real Educational Reform…
It is probably not even about current school-aged students.
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
Real Educational Reform…
It is probably not even about current school-aged students.
The wheels of educational change are too slow to impact them.
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
Real Educational Reform…
It is probably not even about current school-aged students.
The wheels of educational change are too slow to impact them.
Districts have been forced to narrow their programs of studies, cut personnel, and focus too much on test preparation–all of which negatively impact instructional time.
- http://teacherbiz.wordpress.com January 14, 2014
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Real Educational Reform…
It is probably not even about current school-aged students.
The wheels of educational change are too slow to impact them.
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Picking Up STEAM
Real Educational Reform…
Teachers:
It is no longer about you, either.
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It is about the grandkids now.
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It is about the grandkids now.
Ava ~
Class of 2028
Retirement Party:November 15, 2075
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It is about the grandkids now.
Isabella ~
Class of 2029
Retirement Party:January 20, 2077
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It is about the grandkids now.
Lily ~
Class of 2030
Retirement Party:September 15, 2077
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Picking Up STEAM
It is about the grandkids now.
James ~
Class of 2032
Retirement Party:February 22, 2079
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It is about the grandkids now.
James ~
Class of 2032
Retirement Party:February 22, 2079
Enters the 22nd Century at age 85.
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The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes:
We honestly don’t care if your school is…
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The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes:
We honestly don’t care if your school is…magnet, charter, blue ribbon, an historic landmark, Leeds certified, focus, priority, vocational, college prep, impoverished,
affluent, homogenous, or diverse.
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Picking Up STEAM
The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes:
We honestly don’t care about…
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Picking Up STEAM
The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes:
We honestly don’t care about…lesson plans, how to flip classrooms, differentiated instruction, the model curriculum, common core standards,
PARCC, teacher evaluations, or any of the other hot-topic buzzwords.
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes:
We honestly don’t care about…lesson plans, how to flip classrooms, differentiated instruction, the model curriculum, common core standards,
PARCC, teacher evaluations, or any of the other hot-topic buzzwords.
What we really care about is that you...
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…make these Retirement Parties happen.
2077
2077
20792075
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STEM
Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion
80 percent of all the federal spending comes from three agencies: the National Science Foundation ~ $1.2 billion the Department of Education ~ $1 billionDepartment of Health and Human Services ~ $577 million.
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion
About 60 percent of all federal spending targets K-12 education, with the rest directed at the postsecondary level.
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion
$1 billion is spent on agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, Department of Transportation, and broader STEM education matters$1.1 billion targets African-Americans, Hispanics, and females$312 million have the primary goal of improving teacher effectiveness
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion
Why?
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billionAmerica is worried about its future.
Four generations ago:Work hard, be loyal to your company, and seniority will reward you.
Three generations ago:Study hard, go to college, and you will get a good job.
Our generation:Study harder than I did, go to college, and you might get a good job.
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billionAmerica is worried about its future.
This generation (Buddy):I will work hard and be loyal to my company.
They will pay for my college studies, and I will get a better job.
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billionAmerica is worried about its future.
“They’re closing down the textile mill, across the railroad tracks.
The foreman says these jobs are going, boys, and they ain’t coming back.”
- Bruce Springsteen My Hometown 1984
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billionAmerica is worried about its future.
“For the first time in the history of America ,
you can not have low skills and get a high paying job.”
- Willa Spicer New Jersey Assistant Commissioner 2008
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Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billionAmerica is worried about its future.
Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available.
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Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available.
The 10 Hardest Jobs to fill:Source: Monster.comWhite CollarEngineersTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccountantsIT Staff
Source: Independent Street EngineersMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled Manual TradesTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccounting & Finance StaffMechanicsLaborersIT StaffProduction Operators
Source: Forbes EngineersNursesSkilled TradesTeachersSales RepresentativesTechnicians(Truck) DriversIT StaffLaborersMachinists/Machine Operators
Bue CollarMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled TradespeopleMechanicsLaborersProduction operators.
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Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available.
The 10 Hardest Jobs to fill:Source: Forbes EngineersNursesSkilled TradesTeachersSales RepresentativesTechnicians(Truck) DriversIT StaffLaborersMachinist/Machine Operators
Source: Independent Street EngineersMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled Manual TradesTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccounting & Finance StaffMechanicsLaborersIT StaffProduction Operators
Source: Monster.comWhite CollarEngineersTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccountantsIT StaffBue CollarMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled TradespeopleMechanicsLaborersProduction operators.
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Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available.
The 10 Hardest Jobs to fill:Source: Monster.comWhite CollarEngineersTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccountantsIT Staff
Source: Independent Street EngineersMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled Manual TradesTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccounting & Finance StaffMechanicsLaborersIT StaffProduction Operators
Source: Forbes EngineersNursesSkilled TradesTeachersSales RepresentativesTechnicians(Truck) DriversIT StaffLaborersMachinists/Machine Operators
Bue CollarMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled TradespeopleMechanicsLaborersProduction operators.
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40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) employees are from other countries.
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40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) employees are from other countries.
Lockheed’s biggest contractor is the US Military
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40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) employees are from other countries.
Lockheed’s biggest contractor is the US Military
1800 NASA employees (50 – 60%) are at retirement age
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40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) employees are from other countries.
Lockheed’s biggest contractor is the US Military
1800 NASA employees (50 – 60%) are at retirement age
India has more honors students than America has students
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When I was growing up, my parents used to say to me, … “finish your dinner – people in China and India are starving. My advice to you today is…finish your homework – people in China and India are starving for your jobs.”
Thomas Friedman
The World Is Flat
2005
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However, STEM will account for less than ten percent of our grandchildren’s careers…
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However, STEM will account for less than ten percent of our grandchildren’s careers…quite frankly, we don’t know what the other 90% will be doing. Grandpa…do you
remember when there were school teachers?
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In fact, we don’t know what jobs will look like in the year 2020.
Grandpa…what was a Blockbuster store?
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Are we prepared to train students for jobs that don’t exist yet, solving problems we don’t know are
problems yet?
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Are we prepared to train students for jobs that don’t exist yet, solving problems we don’t know are
problems yet?
STEM is not enough.
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“The Italian Renaissance did not come about because the Medicis had
a math strategy buttressed by some standardized tests.”
- Sir Kenneth Robinson
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Because they were geniuses in their fields….
or because they were creative, divergent thinkers?
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…and can we please do something for Ava, Isabella, and Lily about this ratio?
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Middle School is the prime age for maintaining an interest in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) for girls:
A recent study of fourth graders showed that 66 percent of girls and 68 percent of boys reported
liking science…
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Picking Up STEAM
Middle School is the prime age for maintaining an interest in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) for girls:
A recent study of fourth graders showed that 66 percent of girls and 68 percent of boys reported
liking science…
by eighth grade, boys are twice as interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)
careers as girls.
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U.S. Girls Perform Evenly With Boys in Math and Science, PISA Data Show
EDUCATION WEEKJanuary 7, 2014
Same aptitude, different interest level.
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STEAM will be a tough sell. It is revolutionary:
It defies departmentalized learning.
It is formative in nature; therefore, it defies measurement by multiple choice, summative evaluations.
There is no common core when searching for the uncommon.
There is nothing standardized about the creative process.
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STEAM will be a tough sell… but it is already selling at the post-secondary level:
Rhode Island School of Design
University of San Diego (masters degree)
Claremont Graduate University (STEAM Journal)
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“I believe that art and design are poised to transform our economy in the 21st century likeScience and technology did in the last century, and the STEAM movement is an opportunity forAmerica to sustain its role as innovator of the world. “John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design
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Current research is proving what most of us already know:
- Sandra Ruppert, Director of the Arts Education Partnership
Students with high arts involvement performed better on standardized achievement tests than students with low arts involvement
An study of seventh grade boys in special education revealed use of the visual arts helped them become more sophisticated, less reluctant readers
What students learn in the arts may help them to master other subjects
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Current research is proving what most of us already know:
Students at risk of not successfully completing their high school educations cite their participation in the arts as reasons for staying in school. Factors related to the arts that positively affected the motivation of these students included a supportive environment that promotes constructive acceptance of criticism and one where it is safe to take risks.
Students from the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE) schools performed better on standardized tests than the students who attended schools that did not integrate the arts with academics
Drama in the form of dramatic enactment connects to story comprehension, character understanding, and writing proficiency, and is shown to be a better way for students to process a story than teacher-led discussion.
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Current research is proving what most of us already know:
- Nick Rabkin, Executive Director, Chicago Center for Arts Policy at Columbia College Chicago,
Drawing supports writing skills
In music, researchers found strong connections to spatial reasoning and math, and between instrument instruction and SAT scores.
Dance instruction connects to fluency in creative thinking and to reading skills.
Multi-arts programs, as you might expect, had multiple connections to reading, verbal, and math skills, and to creative thinking.
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Current research is proving what most of us already know:
Arts Course-taking Patterns and SAT Scores, 2005
VERBAL MATH
4+ years arts 534 540
4 years 543 541
3 years 514 516
2 years 508 517
1 year 501 515
½ year or less 485 502
Average for All SAT Test Takers 508 520
Source: 2005 College-Bound Seniors
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The Divergent Thinker
In order for students to have the creative abilities needed to be successful in the 21st Century, they need to be divergent thinkers.
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The Divergent Thinker
In order for students to have the creative abilities needed to be successful in the 21st Century, they need to be divergent thinkers.
It is estimated that 5% of all students think divergently (out of the box).
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The Divergent Thinker
In order for students to have the creative abilities needed to be successful in the 21st Century, they need to be divergent thinkers.
It is estimated that 5% of all students think divergently (out of the box).
On average that is one per classroom.
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
The Divergent Thinker
In order for students to have the creative abilities needed to be successful in the 21st Century, they need to be divergent thinkers.
It is estimated that 5% of all students think divergently (out of the box).
On average that is one per classroom.
We need many more. (At least seven percent of all future jobs will be STEM-related.)
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The Divergent Thinker
Like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Leonardo DaVinci, and so many other divergent thinkers before them…
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The Divergent Thinker
Like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Leonardo DaVinci, and so many other divergent thinkers before them…
…some learners will see things differently…
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The Divergent Thinker
Like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Leonardo DaVinci, and so many other divergent thinkers before them…
…some learners will see things differently…
…in ways that will transform the world.
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The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Pass out 6 straws to each student.
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The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Pass out 6 straws to each student.
Have the students create 4 triangles of the same size (equilateral) without bending the straws.
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Picking Up STEAM
The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Pass out 6 straws to each student.
Have the students create 4 triangles of the same size (equilateral) without bending the straws.
Most students will attempt to solve this problem two-dimensionally.
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Picking Up STEAM
The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Pass out 6 straws to each student.
Have the students create 4 triangles of the same size (equilateral) without bending the straws.
Most students will attempt to solve this problem two-dimensionally.
Divergent thinkers will make a three-dimensional pyramid.
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The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Change the Roman Numeral from a 9 to a 6, by adding only one line.
IX
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The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Change the Roman Numeral from a 9 to a 6, by adding only one line.
IX
Most of us do not see the obvious because we are trying to think outside the box when, in fact, we have created the box ourselves:
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Change the Roman Numeral from a 9 to a 6, by adding only one line.
IX
Most of us do not see the obvious because we are trying to think outside the box when, in fact, we have created the box ourselves:
Does it have to be a Roman Numeral?
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Change the Roman Numeral from a 9 to a 6, by adding only one line.
IX
Most of us do not see the obvious because we are trying to think outside the box when, in fact, we have created the box ourselves:
Does it have to be a Roman Numeral?
Do we, therefore, have to use straight lines?
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
The Divergent Thinker
How To Identify Divergent Students
Change the Roman Numeral from a 9 to a 6, by adding only one line.
SIX
Most of us do not see the obvious because we are trying to think outside the box when, in fact, we have created the box ourselves:
Does it have to be a Roman Numeral?
Do we, therefore, have to use straight lines?
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A Case for STEAM
Since We Became “A Nation at Risk…”
Helping People Help Kids
A Case for STEAM
Since We Became “A Nation at Risk…”
Apple IIe Computers CD Players DVDs EZ Pass PC computers Mapping the GenomeHubble Telescope Debit Cards Microsoft Windows Macintosh Computers ProzacCell Phones MS-DOSLaptop computers Disposable Cameras Hepatitis-B Vaccine 3-D Video GamesDisposable Contact Lenses MP3s Doppler Radar Hi-Def TVsCloning Pentium Processor Digital Answering MachineHIV Inhibitors Java Web TV Fuel Cell Batteries iPodArtificial Livers Hybrid Cars You Tube Virtual KeyboardMySpace Google Facebook Wii Segway Robotics Smart TVs Nanotechnology GPS The Cloud Artificial Intelligence EbayRetinal Implants Hulu Netflix Bionic Hands Mars RoverGoogle Amazon iPad Plasma TV Video Gaming Nook E-mailDigital Camcorders eTextbooks Stem Cells Higgs Boson Photonic Molecules Flat Screens Extrasolar Planets iTunes High Temperature Superconductors Supercomputers Robotic Surgery 3D PrintersMobile Videoconferencing YouTube Blu-Ray Players DNA Testing Android Residential Solar Panels Skin Tissue Regenerators Test-Tube Babies AppsBraille Gloves Teleportation Of Laser Beams Water Found On Mars Camera Pills Cervical Cancer Vaccine Element #114 Smart TV Pandora CraigslistOn-line Banking LinkedIn Twitter Smartboards World Wide Web
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A Case for STEAM
Innovations still to come:
Wii Tactile GloveDrone Amazon DeliveriesSmart Toothbrushes w/ CamerasGPS Clothing3D Printed FoodFree, Accredited On-Line CollegesPop-Up BusinessesSelf-Driving CarsArtificial EyesSelf-Repairing PaintPaper PhonesAtmospheric Water ReservoirsCable-less TV
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM
Real Educational Reform…
Helping People Help Kids
Picking Up STEAM(Science, Technology, Engineering,
The Arts,Mathematics)
Dr. Jay Dugan
PresentedFebruary 27, 2014
For the Learning Forward NJ 2014 Annual Conference
Thank you for attending!
