Synopsis
This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from “not me” to “I’m in!” Author Jeff Weld is the director of the acclaimed Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. He sees STEM as “a white-hot, transformative revolution in schooling as we know it.” He channels the wisdom of professionals in education, business, and government to bring you the theory and policy behind nationally recognized education models for STEM. Whether you’re an educator, business professional, or policy maker, you can share Weld’s infectious enthusiasm as you extract best practices that will prepare students for the future. Creating a STEM Culture’s wide-ranging topics include why STEM matters; what STEM networks do; how to build community buy-in for STEM; what makes school–business STEM partnerships work; and what STEM means for teachers, learning, and assessment. Each chapter is sprinkled with lighthearted case studies that complement the topic at hand. From start to finish, writes Weld, the story of STEM unfolds “as a how-to, can-do, who’s-who, you-too manual and memoire based on the experiences of leaders who walk the talk.”
About the Author
Jeff Weld, Ph.D. is Executive Director for the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council, a post he's occupied since its launch in 2011. Additionally, Jeff recently completed 21 months of national service as STEM Education Policy Consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to lead the production of America's Strategic Plan for STEM Education, published on December 4, 2018. His 2021 memoir, Charting a Course for American Education...from out on a limb at the executive branch recounts that experience. Jeff's 2017 book "Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning" (NSTA Press) informed the national plan by comprehensively examining all aspects of the U.S. STEM movement, highlighting best practices and lessons learned. In 2014, the Triangle Coalition bestowed upon Jeff the STEM Champion award, and in 2013 the University of Iowa recognized Weld with the College of Education's Alumni Accomplishment Honor. He is on extended leave from a faculty position in the Department of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa, where he published the popular textbook “The Game of Science Education” (Allyn & Bacon), authored cores of peer-reviewed research articles, essays, and book chapters on science education research and policy, conducted faculty professional development on content integration, and trained future science teachers and naturalists. In 2007 Jeff was named National Collegiate Biology Teacher of The Year by the NABT. A decorated secondary science teacher through the 1990's, Jeff was Life Science Teacher of the Year in Iowa, Pella Corporation's Focus on Teaching Excellence award recipient, and a National Access Excellence Fellow of the Genentech Corporation. Today and for now anyway, his teaching is limited to new tricks taught to the family dog, Rico Fermi.
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