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STEM
The Maker Movement, the Modeling Movement and the general thrust away from silos to Inter-Disciplinary approaches are all features of the increasing emphasis on STEM education at independent schools. With a significant focus on girls participation in STEM, this has been a further spur to the cause.

The Maker movement is slowly starting to integrate into regular classes and be used by teachers in their classes programatically but it is still early days and a lot of window-dressing is still going on. We are seeing many Science courses start to adapt to the modeling ethos in a way to get deeper understanding of complex and inter-connected scientific concepts. With Computer Science Departments coming into their own in many schools outside the Technology umbrella, there has also been an intersection between Entrepreneurship programs and STEM programs. A school without a robotics program is increasingly rare.

You will see from some of the videos below that there is real creativity being shown in some schools who are developing their programs.
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View OESIS-XP Recording: Life Sciences with Coding & Simulation; Cindy Beals, Learning Designer at American International School (HK) and formerly at Windward School (CA)
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View OESIS-XP Recording: Real World Science & Design Thinking 6-8 with Kaitlin Lester, 6th Grade Dean at Westside Neighborhood School (CA)
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Source: OESIS 2017 Learning Innovation Report of 254 Independent Schools
 
These two charts from our recent research show the increasing emphasis on STEM  and PBL in independent schools.
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Source: OESIS 2017 Learning Innovation Report of 254 Independent Schools
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View OESIS-XP Recording: Flavoring Computer Science for Art, Music, Science & Humanities with David Nassar, Computer Science Chair at Winchester Thurston (PA)
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  • About
    • What We Do
    • Network Schools
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    • Membership
    • Network Leadership
    • 2021 National Faculty
  • Consulting
    • Strategic Planning
    • Academic Planning
    • PD Planning
    • Leadership Planning
  • PD Pathways
    • Faculty PD Pathways 2021
    • XP Content Platform
    • OESIS-XP Live Programs
  • Conferences
    • OESIS Las Vegas Feb 2023
    • OESIS Baltimore 2022
    • OESIS Boston 2021
    • 1 Day Workshops at Schools
    • OESIS Boston Wellness 2020 Oct 8 & 9
    • OESIS Student Wellness L.A. 2019
    • Register
    • OESIS Boston 2019 Oct. 21st
    • Consult
    • Previous Conferences >
      • OESIS Long Beach Feb 2019
      • OESIS Boston 2018
      • OESIS L.A. 2018
      • OESIS Honolulu 2018
      • OESIS BOSTON 2017
      • OESIS BEIJING 2017
      • OESIS L.A. 2017
      • Sponsors
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  • Intrepid Ed News
  • Reports
    • 2022 Teacher Survey Report
    • OESIS Network Magazine
    • A PIVOT AHEAD
    • 2020 The Future of K-12 Transcripts
    • 2020 COVID Survey Report
    • 2019 Innovation Research Report
    • 2015 Blended Learning Research
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  • Hire Faculty
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