Imagine, Inquire, and Create

Dennis Adams is a former Fulbright Scholar who taught elementary school and also higher education at the University of Minnesota, University of Maine, and McGill University in Montreal. He did graduate work at Harvard University and has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of more than twenty books and over one hundred journal articles on various educational topics.Mary Hamm has taught at Ohio State University and the University of Colorado. More recently, she has been teaching at San Francisco State University. She has worked on both math and science standards and has published more than a dozen books and eighty journal articles on these subjects.

With deep respect for the unique relationship between teachers and their students, Dennis Adams and Mary Hamm navigate the classroom of the future, where, in collaboration, learners question, analyze, interpret, and discover. While the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math are essential in understanding the world today, spontaneity, risk, and imagination are key to innovation and creativity. In Imagine, Inquire, and Create: A STEM-Inspired Approach to Cross-Curricular Teaching, Adams and Hamm collaborate to create innovative curricula, and teaching practices for an evolving classroom.

• PrefaceChapter 1IntroductionChapter 2Thinking and Learning: STEM in a technologically-intensive worldChapter 3Collaborative Learning: A Role for Small Groups in preparing tomorrow’s InnovatorsChapter 4Communication TechnologiesChapter 5Science and Mathematics: The Power of Inquiry and Problem SolvingChapter 6Language and Literacy: Communication Skills in a Digital AgeChapter 7Arts Education: Connections, Knowledge, and Informed Encounters