“It’s Okay That You Add Your Touch”: Fostering Imagining and Creating Through STEAM Education

Abstract

Learn how STEAM education can support youth through imagining and creating in the context of science.

Keywords:

• Middle School
• Informal Education
• Equity
• Interdisciplinary
• NGSS
• Science and Engineering Practices

Supplemental Material

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Megan McKinley-Hicks

Megan McKinley-Hicks is a curriculum developer, at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Ariella F. Suchow

Michael Barnett is a professor of STEM education, and at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Kadahj A. Bennett

Helen Zhang is a learning scientist, at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Lyndsay Allyn Cox

Ariella F. Suchow is the Director of Academic Program Strategy and Coordination at Explore Schools in New York City.

Genelle Faulkner

Kadahj A. Bennett is a songwriting and performance manager at Zumix in Boston, Massachusetts.

Meghan Hill

Lyndsay Allyn Cox is an operations manager at Actors’ Shakespeare Project in Boston, Massachusetts.

Michael Barnett

Genelle Faulkner is a science teacher at Youth Achiever Pilot School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Helen Zhang

Meghan Hill is a producing artistic director at Brooks School in Andover, Massachusetts.