STEAM Books and Etc.

Recommended STEAM Books and Other Good Reads

From STEM to STEAM: Using Brain-Compatible Strategies to Integrate the Arts by David A. Sousa & Thomas J. Pilecki

A is for arts—and for the advantage students gain when you integrate arts into STEM instruction. As research in neuroscience shows, arts activities enhance creativity, problem solving, memory systems, and analytical skills—all critical for achieving STEM success.

Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom By Sylvia Libow Martinez & Gary S. Stager

There’s a technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to the masses. Fortunately for educators, this maker movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. The active learner is at the center of the learning process, amplifying the best traditions of progressive education. This book helps educators bring the exciting opportunities of the maker movement to every classroom. 

STEAM Point: A Guide to Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics through the Common Core by Susan Riley

STEAM Point is a guide for teachers and administrators who are looking to leverage Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics to close the achievement gap for all students and authentically teach practices embedded within the Common Core State Standards. 

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects- Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge by Punya Mishra & Matthew J. Koehler

Research in the area of educational technology has often been critiqued for a lack of theoretical grounding. In this article we propose a conceptual framework for educational technology by building on Shulman’s formulation of ‘‘pedagogical content knowledge’’ and extend it to the phenomenon of teachers integrating technology into their pedagogy. 

Adobe: State of Create Study: Global benchmark study on attitudes and beliefs about creativity at work, school and home

New research reveals a global creativity gap in five of the world’s largest economies, according to the Adobe® State of Create global benchmark study. The research shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth and nearly two-thirds of respondents feel creativity is valuable to society, yet a striking minority – only 1 in 4 people – believe they are living up to their own creative potential. More than half of those surveyed feel that creativity is being stifled by their education systems, and many believe creativity is taken for granted (52% globally, 70% in the United States).