STEM. The importance of STEM is not debatable. What is necessary, is the idea that Humanities are not part of STEM. Some folks have added an "A" to make STEM transform into STEAM, but even that isn't enough! So I reframed the discussion! After discussing with my dear friends Nancy and Aaron, I came up with a different priority: HEARTS. HEARTS stands for Humanities, Education, Arts, Reflection, Technology, and Science. After an almost 30 year career in education, I have seen so much of our K-12 education focus on STEM, and we have lost joy in the classroom. Our students read because they must become consumers of technical writing. Our students learn math in order to calculate. Our students do not do science, they fill out worksheets. Tech and engineering are reserved for the few, elite schools, who do not need to show "improvement" on test industry scores. Instead of capturing joy, the focus captures workforce prep, and annihilates the exploration, the interconnectedness, the joie de vie (Joy of Life) for 90% of American Students. No more, I say, and in my book, I give you the following: * An introduction to why reframing humanities as the key to interdisciplinary lessons is essential! * A quick overview of the humanities and STEM fields for folks who may have a hazy recollection of their high school or first years of college. * Six "turn key" chapters with ideas of how to integrate HEARTS in your classroom. You are busy teachers/ educators. Why not give the gift of a roadmap, which this book does! I gamify HEARTS using a free computer game I take a large, long, crucial river, and I make the experimentation around it essential. I show you how to look into hearts using a book study. I shake the Pacific rim using HEARTS to bring alive one of the most important regions of the world. My field trips to cemeteries bring HEARTS to life. Finally, we spend a night at a museum, looking at how HEARTS lives naturally! You and your team need HEARTS! Buy it here: https://edumatch-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/new-releases/products/getting-to-the-hearts-of-teaching-by-dr-casey-jakubowski or on Amazon or Barnes and Noble! Comments are closed.
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AuthorOver 20 years experience in consulting for improvement. Lean and Six Sigma Certified. PhD in Leadership Archives
November 2022
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