STEM Education: Developing 21st century problem solvers

National Teacher of the Year Finalist, Rob Stephenson, presents instructional strategies and the integration of STEM education challenges in his third grade classroom. He articulates why STEM education needs to become a part of every child's learning experience at home, at school, and within the community. Mr. Stephenson gives stakeholders practical advice on how adults can foster and protect children's natural desire to discover and invent in order to stimulate the next generation of perseverant problem-solvers.
Rob is the 2010 National Teacher of the Year Finalist, 2009-2010 Michigan Teacher of the Year, 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, SMART Exemplary Educator, and WKAR PBS Television "Science Minute" Host... What else can we say?

[@sulthanaharifa4942]

Teacher, Really had a lot to learn from your wisdom of scientific pedagogy, love for children and responsibility to build the future

[@MediaNSTEM]

I love this video. I loved Edison's quote: "I did not fail once. I found 1000 ways it didn't work." As teachers and professors, we need to foster perseverance, teach our children to stay with the problem longer, collaborate with each other, build and create. Demonstrations and exercises are very engaging to students and foster exploration and problem solving. Thank you for posting this.

[@stevemanifold9524]

I am a UK teacher . I really got a lot from your talk. This really corresponded with my thoughts and approach. There is still a lot of focus on knowledge content in UK schools rather than exploration. Steve Manifold

[@teemar3425]

This is good information and motivational. I do think that when talking about Edison's success one should mention Nikola Tesla. Thank you for being committed to the valuable career of teaching.

[@kuyasingapore]

I like this talk very much! thank you. I think the point is very clear and the approach is worth trying.

[@meandyouagainstthealgorith5787]

Edison failed a thousand times, and then he saw how Tesla did it.

[@pthegreat1104]

🤣🤣

[@simozidani5753]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh xDDD

[@mohammedakram78]

Bring US on top, America got talent and resources, we should move from 17th, progressively towards first position.

[@ReadingwithMrRamos]

STEM should be a mandatory class for elementary schools. I'm a teacher and I read STEM books on my channel. Feel free to check them out at your leisure.

[@sciencewithjoe235]

I'm proud of being a student in STEM ❤

[@BaskentBakkal-wz2ds]

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[@thecartoongirl22]

Brilliant Talk! I really enjoyed this video!

[@andrecampbell7365]

Awesome video!

[@user-qb4ke6gm5b]

Amazing

[@girijakm724]

"Making a good student good isn't a think but making a dull student just better is great things....." many schools only offer sits for the students who are good in studying..what do the dull students do then..??

[@adilmohammed6897]

How to make a 16 inch table out of newspapers? Make a 16 inch tall paper stack.

[@jazzman2516]

We need to make the arts vital again! STEM has been overemphasised in education during the 21st Century, especially in the UK, thanks to the supposed ‘increased competitiveness in industry in the modern age’. Parents are being brainwashed into thinking that science and maths are what their children need to study in order to stay afloat in the modern world. But this isn’t always true. The arts, particularly music for some reason, are lacking the same funding as STEM in primary and secondary schools and aren’t being stressed as important. If there is no good art in the highly technologically advanced world we’re aiming to make, what will we have advanced for? Winston Churchill famously said: “The arts are essen­tial to any com­plete national life. The State owes it to itself to sus­tain and encour­age them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the rev­er­ence and delight which are their due.” And when he was asked to cut funding to the arts to invest more fully in the war effort, he simply replied: “then what are we fighting for?”.

[@colinellesmere]

I agree. Buy we need both. STEM thinking and artistic thinking and appreciation. Great quote from Churchill.

[@JavedKhan-so5ul]

What's the actual age/class for kids to start learning about STEM? Is there any minimum criteria? like from Kindergarten or from class 2 or so. ?

[@stemtv6421]

very good!!

[@slicehit3252]

I love STEM

[@tnekkc]

I have seen a low IQ guy develop a process of making masks with a heat gun and vacuum pump. I have interviewed a lot of engineers. Works well with others and does not give up are some things to look for.

[@ManicObsessiveMe]

He laughed at his own light joke 🤣🤣🤣

[@larryjozwik7385]

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[@kimstewart252]

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[@MaxKleiner]

“I didn’t fail. It was a learning experience.” Anonymous

[@zunata5456]

now train 9-10 july 2016 "STEM education" at university Chiangmai province Thailand sometime i ever knew a long time ago but don't practice the curriculum shown activity that. sorry ! bad write English language !

[@frenchieejohnson6844]

Need a love button on KZbin after this video fr @youtube

[@MSTARPOWER]

Türkçe alt yazı eksikliği mevcut farkında mısınız?

[@georgiosapostolides1944]

Correction you meant Warren de La Rue I guess..

[@susanparker767]

NO! … S.T.R.E.A.M. 💯% … GROW UP 🔥👏

[@lordlight1124]

As a high school student (sophomore) whose not in stem but can solve partial differential equations and stem students can’t i don’t know what level of education they are getting.

[@albertpaladino96]

As if English would ever be important enough to represent the E. E is for engineering, the meaningful application of science and math to develop technologies.

[@JamesVestal-dz5qm]

I know lots of stem that the high paid smart boys won't give me any credit for.

[@hernanperez912]

You lost me at Thomas Edison...

[@noneuno2296]

The value of a STEM education is now gone. The truth is there are no jobs for the STEM educated, because they cost too much to employ, in America. There is no point in learning Calculus if in the end you cost too much to employ. This is the environment students are facing, today, in America when they leave school. I am STEM educated and have industry experience. I know what's true. The truth is the value of a STEM education in America is now gone. It was here, but now it is gone. America, you are buying technology that will not employ you nor your kids.

[@DanielPhan18]

"The truth is there are no jobs for the STEM educated" I don't know where you got that information from...

[@Lzryde]

Trades. Do good work. You will always have a job.

[@DanielPhan18]

Dude what the heck

[@mypragathi]

Oh boi I have evidence (isn't that great? evidence!) Although you're probably trolling us all, I feel like barfing my perspective on this issue anyways. Here goes: The U.S. Department of Commerce released a document stating that STEM job opportunities are projected to grow at a faster rate than non-STEM jobs. Looking back, the number of STEM workers has grown 5.5% over the last five years. So yes! There are STEM jobs in America! As for the pay, STEM workers are paid (on average) $10.94 higher than the average non-STEM worker. In the US, a web designer with as little as anAs someone who lives in the Silicon Valley, it may seem as if STEM jobs are saturated in a few locations, which might lead to your thinking that STEM careers are in decline. Welp thanks for reading I'm going to disappear now bye

[@rhythmandacoustics]

Most successful people in STEM actually become entrepreneurs, it is either you went to study STEM because of money, or you studied STEM because you loved it and you enjoy it regardless if you are merely a clerk like Einstein or a billionaire like Elon Musk.

[@JamesVestal-dz5qm]

Teaching electrical engineering students to wire toy houses won't produce a smart class that always knows the right equation!

[@Kirra-Oz]

OMG, another American talking about pedagogical practices approaches and the focus of education. The USA is still so low on the PISA score. Also Thomas Edison is a bad example, you may like to mentionTesla instead. Pick role models of good moral character.

[@LiuMcLulz]

very much agreed on the role model comment

[@Sr-jg3tb]

couldn’t agree more

[@JamesVestal-dz5qm]

He's only showing you when his students succeed. He always hides his failures as an educator from society.

[@JamesVestal-dz5qm]

Albert Einstein was a heretic while he was alive.

[@meandyouagainstthealgorith5787]

Edison failed a thousand times, and then he saw how Tesla did it.