21.056 - Creating a Diverse and Data-Capable Workforce Through Innovative STEM Programs

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The panelists for this session are committed to cultivating diversity in STEM, and will discuss their work towards creating a data-capable workforce through innovative STEM teaching and learning programs. This session will be largely discussion-based, starting with flash-talks from the presenters, followed by Q&A. Each of the programs approaches data and diversity from a different perspective - from high schoolers using GIS data to address issues in their community, to using stopwatches and string to engage elementary students in playful explorations of data modeling. The presenters will focus on the importance of data literacy, and how the results of their program evaluations will contribute to the advancement of K - 12 education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning

Chair

• Brianna Roche, Education Development Center, Inc.

Papers

• Advancing Geospatial Thinking and Technologies: Citizen Mapping, Community Engagement, and Career Preparation in STEM - Beth Schlemper, University of Toledo

• Data Modeling With Young Learners and Their Families - ChangChia James Liu, New York Hall of Science; Katherine McMillan Culp, New York Hall of Science

• Expanding Geospatial Technology Career Development for High School Students Through Teacher Professional Development - Nena Bloom, Northern Arizona University

• Designing Tactile Picture Books: Critical Making in Libraries to Broaden Participation in STEM Education and Careers - Stacey Forsyth, University of Colorado Boulder; ChangChia James Liu, New York Hall of Science

Discussant

• Brianna Roche, Education Development Center, Inc.