Experiential learning through STEM: Recent initiatives in the United States

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International Journal of Training and Development Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI:10.1111/ijtd.12302

Thomas F. Remington, Pallas Chou, Ben Topa

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Abstract

This paper reviews recent educational initiatives in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the United States, asking to what extent experiential learning methods are being incorporated into STEM education. We draw on a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence. The quantitative evidence is from an analysis of the proposal abstracts for all 11,406 of the STEM education and workforce development-related projects funded by NSF grants from the end of 2018 to the beginning of 2022. The qualitative portion of the paper analyzes results from a number of scholarly studies of local initiatives from the last 10 years drawn from a range of published and conference papers, reports and media stories, and project websites, drawn from education research databases, secondary literature, and websites of specific organizations. We seek to classify and describe patterns observed among the projects examined, identifying common patterns and combinations of features. We believe that the paper represents the first comprehensive study of efforts to employ experiential learning methods in STEM education to link formal and informal aspects of learning.

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通过STEM进行体验式学习：美国最近的举措

本文回顾了美国最近在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育方面的教育举措，询问体验式学习方法在多大程度上被纳入STEM教育。我们利用定性和定量证据的结合。定量证据来自对2018年底至2022年初由美国国家科学基金会资助的所有11406个STEM教育和劳动力发展相关项目的提案摘要的分析。本文的定性部分分析了过去十年来对地方倡议的一些学术研究的结果，这些研究来自一系列出版和会议论文、报告和媒体故事，以及项目网站，这些研究来自教育研究数据库、二手文献和特定组织的网站。我们试图分类和描述在检查的项目中观察到的模式，确定共同的模式和特征的组合。我们认为，这篇论文代表了第一个全面研究在STEM教育中采用体验式学习方法将学习的正式和非正式方面联系起来的努力。

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International Journal of Training and Development MANAGEMENT-

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3.40

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： Increasing international competition has led governments and corporations to focus on ways of improving national and corporate economic performance. The effective use of human resources is seen as a prerequisite, and the training and development of employees as paramount. The growth of training and development as an academic subject reflects its growth in practice. The International Journal of Training and Development is an international forum for the reporting of high-quality, original, empirical research. Multidisciplinary, international and comparative, the journal publishes research which ranges from the theoretical, conceptual and methodological to more policy-oriented types of work. The scope of the Journal is training and development, broadly defined. This includes: The determinants of training specifying and testing the explanatory variables which may be related to training identifying and analysing specific factors which give rise to a need for training and development as well as the processes by which those needs become defined, for example, training needs analysis the need for performance improvement the training and development implications of various performance improvement techniques, such as appraisal and assessment the analysis of competence Training and development practice the design, development and delivery of training the learning and development process itself competency-based approaches evaluation: the relationship between training and individual, corporate and macroeconomic performance Policy and strategy organisational aspects of training and development public policy issues questions of infrastructure issues relating to the training and development profession The Journal’s scope encompasses both corporate and public policy analysis. International and comparative work is particularly welcome, as is research which embraces emerging issues and developments.