Supporting Elementary Teachers’ Integration of Computing and Engineering into their Teaching.

• In Event: TED - Supporting Elementary Teachers in STEM

Short Description

Engineering and Computing activities, though included in the STEM acronym, are often missing in Elementary Education. With increasing interest in and support for STEM learning at the elementary level, teachers will need to be trained on how to implement both engineering and computing into daily classroom activities. This study reports on the second year of a four-year professional development to transition an elementary school faculty toward the integration of engineering and computing with their existing curricula.

Authors

• Peter Rich, Brigham Young University

• Brian Jones, Brigham Young University

• Emily Yoshikawa, Brigham Young University

• Olga Belikov, Brigham Young University

• McKay Perkins, Brigham Young University