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Everyone Wins: Afterschool STEM Club as an Introductory Field Experience for Prospective STEM Teachers
Author(s): Gayle Nelson Evans (University of Florida, USA), Richard Bex (Illinois State University, USA)and Kristen Apraiz (University of Florida, USA)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 32
EISBN13: 9798337341736
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Abstract
A novel approach to an initial field experience for prospective secondary mathematics and science teachers is described. This field experience is based on a partnership between a university teacher preparation program and a local elementary after-school extended day enrichment program to found a STEM club, providing supplementary STEM instruction to the elementary students while also creating opportunities for prospective teachers to plan, teach, and reflect upon weekly lessons in a shared field experience. Across 10 weeks of STEM club meetings, prospective teachers implemented lessons and activities to small groups of elementary students, sorted by grade levels. Lessons were guided by state standards, the mathematical, science, and engineering practices, and based on the 5E lesson cycle format. This chapter describes the reasoning behind the design of the STEM club field experience, the cycle of planning, teaching, and reflection, and includes insights gained in the implementation of this model across spring and fall semesters since 2016.
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