S.T.E.M. education : strategies for teaching learners with special needs / Satasha L. Green, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Satasha L., editor.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Education.

Children with disabilities.

Learning disabled children--Education.

Learning disabled children.

People with disabilities--Education.

People with disabilities.

Learning disabled--Education.

Learning disabled.

Science--Study and teaching--United States.

Science.

Technology--Study and teaching--United States.

Technology.

Engineering--Study and teaching--United States.

Engineering.

Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advancing education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in U.S. public schools has been at the forefront of educational issues and a national priority (President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2010). Although there is a need for this ambitious initiative, students with disabilities have been left out of the conversation. Individuals with disabilities have been underrepresented in STEM fields for many years. Traditionally individuals with disabilities in STEM careers lag even further behind discrepancies of race and gender in these areas. Therefore, the need to provide general and special education teachers practices and strategies to improve outcomes for students with disabilities in STEM areas is imperative. The nation's changing demographics and continued need to remain globally competitive makes it clear that general and special education teachers need strategies to support, instruct and engage students with disabilities in STEM education. Students in U.S. schools are academically behind their international peers in STEM areas. Currently, the United States ranks 17th in science and 25th in mathematics among other nations (National Center for Education Statistics, 2011). In the field of engineering, college programs in China and India graduated many more engineers than in the U.S. (Gerefii, Wadhwa, Rissing, & Ong, 2008). For example, in 2011, China's engineering graduates totaled one million (Shammas, 2011), as compared to colleges in the U.S. which graduated 84,599 engineers (Deffree, 2012).

Contents:

The need for STEM education in special education curriculum and instruction / Kimberly E. Bryant

Working with learners with communication disorders in STEM / Sunday O. Obi

Working with learners with cognitive disabilities in STEM / Sunday O. Obi

Working with learners with learning disabilities in STEM : implications for a successful model / Audrey M. Sorrells, Heather A. Cole, Barbara Pazey, and Jessica F. Carter

Improving the outcomes for students with emotional/behavioral disorders in STEM / Lenwood Gibson and Festus E. Obiakor

Teaching STEM to students with autism spectrum disorders / Ernst VanBergeijk, Michelle Ranaldo and Oren Shtayermman

Teaching children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury in inclusive STEM classroom settings / Festus E. Obiakor and Cheryl A. Utley

Working with learners with physical and health impairments in STEM / Amina M. Turton

Working with learners with hearing loss in STEM / C. Jonah Eleweke

Working with learners with visual impairments in STEM / Kimberly M. Edwards and Satasha L. Green

Working with English language learners with special needs in STEM / Diane Torres-Velásquez ... [et al.]

Working with culturally diverse learners with special needs in STEM / Sandra Cooley-Nichols and Adriane Sheffield

Transitioning and preparing learners with special needs into STEM careers / Cari Dunn, Karen Rabren, Melody Russell, Cindy Massey and Michele Mairtin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-007-3