From STEM to STEAM : brain-compatible strategies and lessons that integrate the arts /: brain-compatible strategies and lessons that integrate the arts. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David A. Sousa, Tom Pilecki.
• Authors: Sousa, David A; Pilecki, Thomas
• Contents: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INTRODUCTION; Why a Second Edition?; What’s New?; Looking to the Arts; How This Book Can Help to Implement STEAM; Chapter Contents; Who Should Use This Book?; What’s Coming?; 1. Why STEM Should Become STEAM; The Power of the Arts; The Arts and STEM Do Have Differences; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 2. What Science Says About the Arts and Creativity; Brain Organization; Thinking and Learning; The Arts, STEM, and Creativity; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 3. Bringing STEAM Into Schools; What Is Arts Integration?; What Is STEAM?; Different Schools and Implementation Formats; Implementing the STEAM Initiative; The Basic District Plan; What We Are Learning; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 4. Guidelines for Creating a STEAM School; STEAM Guidelines; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 5. Frequently Asked Questions About Integrating the Arts and STEM; What Are the Arts?; Addressing Some Common Frequently Asked Questions; Arts Perception Worksheet; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 6. Implementing Arts Integration in the Primary Grades (K–4); Importance of Movement; Science, Mathematics, and the Arts in the Primary Grades; Ideas for Arts-Integrated Lesson Plans (Primary Grades); What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 7. Implementing Arts Integration in the Intermediate Grades (5–8); A Day in the Life of a Middle School Student; Teacher-to-Teacher Collaborations; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 8. Implementing Arts Integration in the High School Grades (9–12); STEAM and the Culture of High School; Pushing STEAM Along; Sample Comparisons of Traditional STEM and Arts-Integrated STEAM Lessons; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 9. Discoveries From the Field; About the Original Appetizers; What’s Coming?; Major Points to Ponder; 10. Putting It All Together; Know Your Instructional Intuition; General Guidelines for K–12 Lessons; Sample K–12 Lessons: Examples of Arts-Related Activities in Science Topics; Sample Template for Designing a STEAM Unit Across Grade Levels; Professional Development to Maintain STEAM; Conclusion; Major Points to Ponder; RESOURCES; APPENDIX A: STEAM LESSON PLAN APPETIZERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING; The Appetizers; APPENDIX B: STEAM LESSON PLAN APPETIZERS IN MATHEMATICS; The Appetizers; REFERENCES; INDEX;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 372.5; Arts -- Study and teaching; Science -- Study and teaching; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Cognitive learning; EDUCATION / Elementary; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506336763; 1506336760
• Related ISBNs: 9781506322452
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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