Designing an Integrated STEM Semester for Pre-service Elementary Teachers

Authors

Amanda Thomas, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Matt Flores, Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityFollow
Michael Hart, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Elizabeth Hasseler, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Tammera Mittelstet, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Danae Peterson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Amy Sokoll Bauer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Hasseler 0000-0001-8682-8092

Mittelstet 0000-0002-0887-4146

Peterson 0000-0002-6849-1112

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2021

Citation

Poster

Sixth International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Education (STEM2021)

Comments

Copyright 2021, the authors. Used by permission

Abstract

Teacher educators in an undergraduate elementary teacher certification program at a large university in the United States redesigned the traditional program to integrate STEM learning across multiple courses. During this Integrated STEM Semester, typically taken during the fifth semester of the undergraduate program, pre-service teachers (PSTs) enroll in mathematics content, mathematics methods, science methods, instructional technology, and practicum courses.