Engaging STEM students from rural areas : emerging research and opportunities
Title:
Engaging STEM students from rural areas : emerging research and opportunities
ISBN:
9781522563426
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Publication Information New:
Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) : IGI Global, 2019.
Physical Description:
15 PDFs (xv, 205 pages)
Contents:
Chapter 1. STEM education in rural areas: from research to reality -- Chapter 2. Project engage: solutions for recruiting, retaining, and reinforcing STEM majors from rural areas -- Chapter 3. Scaffolding undergraduate STEM majors: a strategic mentoring program -- Chapter 4. A three-pillar approach to preparing tomorrow's STEM professionals: developing knowledge, abilities, and ways of working -- Chapter 5. Opening the doors to STEM employment opportunities for rural youth: guided career exploration -- Chapter 6. Improving undergraduate STEM education: a four-dimensional framework.
Abstract:
"This book provides a research-based comprehensive framework for successful recruitment, retention, and support of minority STEM undergraduate majors from rural areas. It also present research for addressing the critical shortage of minorities in professional STEM fields through outreach activities with rural K-12 students and teachers to encourage enrollment growth in science, math, and technology degree programs"-- Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Full Text Available From IGI Global 2019 Packages
Language:
English