Transforming STEM Learning at Scale: PhET Interactive Simulations

Autor/in	Perkins, Kathy
Titel	Transforming STEM Learning at Scale: PhET Interactive Simulations
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 96 (2020) 4, S.42-49 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
DOI	10.1080/00094056.2020.1796451
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Distance Education; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Simulation; Interaction; College Science; COVID-19; School Closing; Teaching Methods; Learner Engagement; Access to Education; Open Educational Resources; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Colorado (Boulder) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Interaktion; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Globales Denken
Abstract	As COVID-19 spread across the globe, schools shuttered their doors and millions of students and teachers shifted to remote learning. This situation created significant challenges with regard to maintaining continuity, quality, and equity in education. At the same time, the very nature of the pandemic itself underscores the critical need to engage and educate the next generation in science and math. Today's students are the future scientists, engineers, doctors, and nurses who need deep understanding and problem-solving skills to pioneer solutions and to serve communities through future local and global crises. And their classmates are global citizens who need foundational science and math literacy to guide their personal actions and collective decisions. Science, technology, engineering, and math--the STEM fields--are active, not passive, endeavors. They are driven by curiosity about how the world works and a drive to solve challenging problems. Since 2002, PhET Interactive Simulations at University of Colorado Boulder has been advancing and studying the design and classroom use of interactive simulations for STEM teaching and learning. The project was founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, who had witnessed how interactive simulations helped make complex physics both engaging and understandable for highly diverse audiences--from high school students to physics faculty to the general public. Through innovation, research, and teamwork, the PhET team has continued to pursue and advance Carl's vision of making STEM learning more engaging, accessible, and relevant to diverse students, and to do so at scale. Today, the PhET website features a collection of over 150 award-winning simulations, covering topics in physics, chemistry, mathematics, earth science, and biology, all available as open (free) educational resources. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01