Download or read book Enhancing Entrepreneurial Mindsets Through STEM Education written by Sila Kaya-Capocci and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Entrepreneurship is defined in different ways in different fields. There are definitions of entrepreneurship ranging from a specific perspective such as starting a business to a broader perspective such as process of establishing new social, economic, environmental, institutional, cultural and/or scientific environments. There has been some movement toward entrepreneurship in STEM education through hackathons and makerspaces, but they tend to be limited to informal settings. In higher education, there seems to be a border line between business schools and education departments. This book aims to remove the borders between the Business Schools and the Department of Education and help Business Schools to develop their educational practices further and help Education Departments to develop their knowledge of entrepreneurship from its formal discipline. The purpose of this book is to bring together experts from STEM education and the formal discipline of entrepreneurship to explore the role of STEM in everyday life through an entrepreneurial lens and show how this integration can broaden STEM education practices"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Enhancing Entrepreneurial Mindsets Through STEM Education written by Sila Kaya-Capocci and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurship is defined in different fields with definitions ranging from a specific perspective such as starting a business to a broader perspective such as a process of establishing new social, economic, environmental, institutional, cultural and/or scientific environments. There has been some movement toward entrepreneurship in STEM education through hackathons and makerspaces, but they tend to be limited to informal settings. In higher education, there seems to be a border line between business schools and education departments. This book aims to remove the borders between the Business Schools and the Department of Education and help Business Schools to develop their educational practices further and help Education Departments to develop their knowledge of entrepreneurship from its formal discipline. The purpose of this book is to bring together experts from STEM education and the formal discipline of entrepreneurship to explore the role of STEM in everyday life through an entrepreneurial lens and show how this integration can broaden STEM education practices.
Download or read book Global Perspectives on STEM Education written by Isha DeCoito and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entrepreneurship Innovation and Education for Performance Improvement written by Salman, Syed Ahmed and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurship, innovation, and education intersections have become crucial in driving organizational and individual success in todays quickly changing economic world. Globalization, technological innovation, and evolving consumer habits constantly transform sectors, requiring quick and innovative answers. The key to this transition is encouraging entrepreneurial attitudes, developing new methods, and using educational frameworks to improve performance in all areas. Entrepreneurship Innovation and Education for Performance Improvement thoroughly examines the ways in which these interrelated areas might collaboratively boost the performance of both organizations and individuals in the current dynamic business landscape. It investigates the interconnections among entrepreneurship, innovation, and education, clarifying how these components contribute to improving performance in both new and existing business ventures. By analyzing present patterns, upcoming approaches, and the revolutionary capability of combining these areas, this book sheds light on promoting a culture of ongoing improvement and success in the modern corporate environment. Covering topics such as entrepreneurial leadership, performance improvement, and sustainability, this book is an essential resource for postgraduate students, researchers, lecturers, industry practitioners, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and more.
Download or read book Reforming Science Teacher Education Programs in the STEM Era written by Sulaiman M. Al-Balushi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book explores different international practices in reforming science teacher education programs for STEM education. Incorporating case studies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America and South America, the contributors emphasise the large variety in STEM teacher preparation. Including science-centric versions of STEM programs as well as more integrated models of STEM, this contextual diversity will help readers learn about the design, opportunities, and challenges of STEM teacher preparation in a variety of circumstances, in order to innovate and improve STEM education more broadly.
Download or read book Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene Volume 2 written by Xavier Fazio and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume, the second of a two-volume set, presents science curriculum exemplars based on existing and future curriculum models. Drawing upon complexity and systems theories, this book will provide a framework for science curriculum that tackles and transforms the interrelated and socio-ecological causes of our ecological crises. The result is a refreshing and hopeful look at K-12 science curriculum in light of our current global trajectory in the twenty-first century. Chapter Future-oriented Science Education Building Sustainability Competences: An Approach to the European GreenComp Framework is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Download or read book Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers written by Lisa Bosman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides engineering faculty members and instructors with a base understanding of why the entrepreneurial mindset is important to engineering students and how it can be taught. It helps advance entrepreneurship education for all engineering students, and equips educators with tools and strategies that allow them to teach the entrepreneurial mindset. Divided into four parts, this book explores what the entrepreneurial mindset is, and why it is important; shows how to get started and integrate the mindset into existing coursework so that curricula can focus on both technical/functional concepts and entrepreneurial ones as well; guides readers through the growing multitude of conferences, journals, networks, and online resources that are available; and provides solid examples to get the reader started. This book is an important resource for engineering educators as they learn how to remain competitive and cutting-edge in a field as fast-moving and dynamic as engineering.
Download or read book Integrated Education and Learning written by Nima Rezaei and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Education and Learning aims to discuss novel approaches to offer integrated educational methods. Within the last few years, educational techniques have evolved to favour critical thinking and improve learning skills. This volume links thinking and learning in educational settings and discusses diverse mechanisms that influence this association; including meta-cognitive capacity, memory, cognitive style, conceptual approaches, digitalization, teaching approaches, echoing, and questioning. It embraces this discussion at all levels, from early childhood education to higher education. This book also includes teaching tips for creating a learning environment that cultivates students’ creativity and critical thinking on both online platforms and live-in-classroom. The book follows discussing the merits of an integrated educational paradigm that will help develop highly intellectual thinkers and will promote modern values to face current and future challenges. Finally, the book shows a balance between learning and education to enhance creativity, critical thinking and social skills.
Download or read book Unleashing the Power of Basic Science in Business written by Trivedi, Sonal and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's fast-evolving business landscape has created a significant challenge - the gap between basic scientific research and commercial innovation. Groundbreaking discoveries in laboratories need to translate into sustainable business solutions. The interplay between foundational scientific principles and their application in the commercial sphere is complex, making it difficult to bridge the gap. To tackle this problem, the book Unleashing the Power of Basic Science in Business offers a comprehensive exploration of how basic science can drive sustainable innovation in business. By bridging the gap between theory and application, this book provides a roadmap for researchers, academicians, and professionals in basic science, engineering, and management to understand and implement basic science, sustainability, and innovation in business. Through a diverse collection of chapters, readers gain insights into collaborative forces in innovation, ethical dimensions of basic science in commercial contexts, and the operationalization of commercial innovation. Unleashing the Power of Basic Science in Business guides navigating the sustainable commercialization expedition and cultivating environments for sustainable commercial success.
Download or read book Empowering Students and Elevating Universities With Innovation Centers written by Cantafio, Giuseppe and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As educational institutions strive to prepare students for an unpredictable future, traditional models of teaching and learning face obsolescence. The digital age demands a large shift in educational approaches, necessitating creative solutions to equip students with the skills required to navigate an era defined by rapid technological advancements and societal complexities. It is within this context that Empowering Students and Elevating Universities With Innovation Centers unfolds, offering a detailed exploration into the pivotal role of innovation centers in reshaping the educational narrative. The educational crisis is further exacerbated by the disconnect between academic learning and the demands of the real world. As universities grapple with bridging this gap, innovation centers provide a transformative space where students can bridge theory with practical application. This book contends that the establishment of innovation centers is not just a strategic choice but a necessary response to the evolving needs of a globalized society. Through a critical lens, it scrutinizes the contemporary challenges faced by universities and argues that the integration of innovation centers is not a luxury but a necessity for institutions to remain relevant, competitive, and responsive to the demands of the 21st century.
Download or read book Innovative Technologies and Learning written by Yueh-Min Huang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2023, held in Porto, Portugal, during August 28-30, 2023. The 64 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. They cover a wide range of many different research topics, such as: artificial intelligence in education; computational thinking in education; design and framework of learning systems; pedagogies to innovative technologies and learning; STEM/STEAM education; VR/AR/MR/XR in education; and application and design of innovative learning software.
Download or read book The World of Games Technologies for Experimenting Thinking Learning written by Daria Bylieva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects the various dimensions of play. It gathers together experience with role-play, tabletop, and online games and develops and assesses tools. It also reflects the human condition in this world of games as it becomes a digital world. We are living in a World of Games where every game is a world through which we learn about the world. A World of Games is fun and engaging, but it also provides deceptive pleasures. What may seem like fun is far from harmless. And then there are the many ways of learning in the mode of play.
Download or read book Building a Sustainable Future Roadmap for India s Progress Prosperity written by Dr.Shalini Choithrani and published by SHREE VINAYAK PUBLICATION. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the University written by Lisa Bosman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2022-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It stretches no point to suggest that creativity, innovation and risk-taking will decide our future societal prosperity. We cannot spread those values too widely, so having taught engineering faculty in their first book, these authors now aim to boost the spirit across all disciplines. What a great success for all of us if they succeed.” – Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., president of Purdue University and former governor of Indiana Despite the relevancy of the entrepreneurial mindset for all career paths, only a small percentage of the higher education student population takes part in entrepreneurially-minded learning opportunities. This gap can be attributed to several factors. From a program perspective, many degrees are already at credit capacity which allows limited room in the existing curriculum to add new courses. From a student perspective, entrepreneurship education is thus positioned as optional and requires extra time (and in some cases tuition) to do so. Finally, from an educator perspective, the majority of faculty members across the university have not been trained in entrepreneurship and may not know where to start. Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the University: An Integrative Approach overcomes these challenges by providing higher education faculty with a toolkit, including tips and strategies, to integrate the entrepreneurial mindset into existing courses regardless of discipline. The book is broken into three core parts: Motivation: The importance of the entrepreneurial mindset for all students is established; Design: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Teaching Blueprint is introduced as a tool for integrating entrepreneurially-minded curricular learning experiences within existing courses; Application: Example entrepreneurially-minded curriculum from across the university are provided. By integrating the entrepreneurial mindset across the curriculum, students from all disciplinary backgrounds will be better prepared to enter the workforce, solve complex social issues, and leverage entrepreneurial thinking in their everyday lives. This book is meant for educators who want to make an impact and truly prepare graduates for the real world.
Download or read book Stem Entrepreneurs written by LaVonne Slaton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a dearth of literature on STEM-educated self-employed or entrepreneurs, so this dissertation is a contribution to education, and Entrepreneurship theory and practice. The dissertation includes four studies to identify common career blueprints that individuals pursued to gain career success and job satisfaction to flourish. This mixed-methods qualitative, quantitative and quantitative-qualitative research examines what experiences effectively prepare STEM-educated majority and underrepresented minority students (URM) for the workforce when 74% of STEM-educated individuals are not employed in STEM fields (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). Half of all majority white STEM degree holders go into a STEM job, but the likelihood is lower than 30% among underrepresented minority (URM) workers (ESA, 2011). These statistics point to the importance of educating URM STEM students with skills beyond a STEM degree to achieve career success and job satisfaction. This is concerning when government funding is focused on increasing U.S. STEM-educated in STEM fields. Study 1 is a qualitative study consisting of interviews with 38 individuals including 22 underrepresented minorities (URM) and 8 counselors whose insights were used to explore their definition and experiences of career success, education, transition into the workforce, diversity, workforce experience, and what fostered or hindered their career success. The study examines how individual experiences influence career success. The research revealed five characteristics common to career success: intrinsic satisfaction, the illusion that individuals can achieve career success based on their education alone, vocational experience, supportive guidance, and the presence of a personal champion. The research also suggests a need to educate individuals about the reality of the challenges of achieving successful careers and improvement in the career counseling process. Quantitative Study 2 focuses on job satisfaction of URM with a Bachelor's degree in STEM fields to determine if taking courses education, job-related training, research development and design work activity and self-employed entrepreneurship have a positive impact on job satisfaction. The data for this quantitative study is from the 2013 National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) administrated by the National Science Foundation (NSF) using a random sample of 500 individuals in STEM fields. The key findings are that for STEM-educated individuals, taking college courses is negatively correlated with job satisfaction for both minorities and non-minorities, but self-employment and training improves this relationship. The relationship between work activity of research, development and design and work-related training have a positive impact on job satisfaction. These findings confirm that there is an illusion that STEM education will result in job satisfaction and success of URM which was found in the qualitative research.Studies 3A and 3B include a quantitative and qualitative mixed methods study which triangulates around the concepts of support, training, and entrepreneurship. The qualitative study 3B consists of interviews with 32 STEM-educated individuals which included 12 STEM educators, 19 underrepresented minorities (URM) and 18 STEM-educated self-employed. The results indicate that the main reasons individuals were dissatisfied with their education was that it did not prepare them for the opportunity of starting their own business and the reality of the real-world work environment was often missing from the education environment. This study explored what was essential to achieve well-being and found that Positive Emotions (P), Engagement (E), Positive Relationships (R), Meaning (M), and Achievement/Accomplishment (A) was what people wanted but the experience they had lacked these elements (Seligman, 2012). The quantitative study 3A used the same 2013 NSCG survey data from Study 2, but with two larger and separate samples of STEM-educated individuals which included 500 whites non-minority and 360 minority individuals in STEM fields who are self-employed and non-self-employed. The second quantitative study 3A confirmed the findings from Study 2 and further emphasized the importance of STEM self-employed individuals and entrepreneurs. At the institutional level, the findings indicate that educational institutions are not doing enough, and a significant issue is the lack of knowledge regarding the real-world work experience and occupations, which perpetuates the illusion that education leads to career success which affects STEM-educated and non-STEM-educated alike. However, educational institutions and employers can effectively respond with internship programs, on-the-job training and counseling. At the individual level, individuals can see their careers as a journey with issues and problems to be solved along the way, starting in school and continuing well into their careers. Educational institutions and individuals can take the initiative and find mentors and be open to conversations about the realities of the work environment. The over-arching finding that education institutions are not doing enough are unified under four key issues and the effective actions that educational institutions and individuals can take: (1) The knowledge of internships, work experience and the reality of work environment is needed; (2) Support from individuals and groups indicate that educators, employers, and individuals can institute finding mentors, creating networks and take advantage of counseling to increase success. STEM education and knowledge of STEM entrepreneurial occupations plus real-world work experience are also needed; (3) There is a synergy for career success between STEM personality characteristics and entrepreneurs. The combination of STEM plus entrepreneurship knowledge of STEM occupations and real-world work experience in education is potent for career success. There are some important overlaps between characteristics developed in STEM education and characteristics useful to entrepreneurial initiatives and success. This is a critical finding of this dissertation since there is a dearth of studies connecting the two areas; and (4) The main findings are about URMs and the challenges they face. STEM education is a path to higher earnings, but institutional discrimination, the need to prove oneself, the lack of conversation about the challenges faced, and inflexibility in STEM work environments impede success. The implications for URM individuals is based on interviews about overcoming challenges and their entrepreneurial pursuits. The findings in this dissertation suggest that the institutional actions would benefit URMs' career success at least as much as non-minority members, if not more.The distinct differences between minorities and non-minorities are that URM and women interviewed express the craving and need for knowledge, support, and encouragement to be confident in a world where people of color and women are discriminated against, experience prejudice and inequality. They discussed the challenges of needing to work smarter, fastest and harder than everyone else, and still experience challenges which made entrepreneurship a vital avenue for success. Non-minorities were not concern about needing support, encouragement or confidence. Non-minorities greatest concerns were gaining knowledge to create opportunities and advancement. There was no discussion of challenges of discrimination or prejudice that prevented them from advancement, career success, and job satisfaction for non-minorities although they were asked the same question. The distinctions between minorities and non-minorities must be addressed to overcome inequalities, and this can start with having dialogs about the reality of the challenges and support needed by both to increase knowledge. Both groups yearn for knowledge which supports the research finding that the knowledge from training can increase job satisfaction for minorities and non-minorities. There are important intersections between characteristics developed in STEM education and entrepreneurial initiatives and success. This STEM knowledge base can create more opportunities and aid in achieving global goals to save and change lives. Study 3B develops a Blueprint for STEM Entrepreneurs by drawing together the findings of: Education, Knowledge, Personality Characteristics, Support, Opportunity, Challenges, Entrepreneurship and PERMA which is an acronym for the five essential elements of well-being: Positive Emotions (P), Engagement (E), Positive Relationships (R), Meaning (M), and Achievement/Accomplishment (A) (Seligman, 2012). Many have discovered a combination of skills of human capital that gives them a path to follow and a job or business to create. Overall, the four studies in this dissertation contribute to theory, practice and improving educational institutions, government STEM-funded programs, and businesses. This dissertation provides insights to assist with workforce management knowledge and skills to increase the number of diverse workers and identifying the positive and negative factors that impact job satisfaction for minorities and non-minorities. Considering the volatile political support of STEM programs and economic changes, the U.S. requires not just more STEM graduates, but also STEM URM graduates educated with skills and experiences to expand their employment opportunities to become entrepreneurs as well as employees to achieve job satisfaction and career success. To expand opportunities, this requires an improved educational institution that offers skills far beyond a narrow STEM education curriculum. STEM entrepreneurship is vital to our society and the U.S. economy, so it is imperative to identify what influences STEM-educated individuals to achieve success. This thesis is intended to enhance theory-building research
Download or read book Augmented Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems written by Claude Frasson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-21 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Augmented Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2023, held in Corfu, Greece, during June 2-5, 2023. The 41 full papers and 19 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. The papers are divided into the following topical sections: augmented intelligence in tutoring systems; augmented intelligence in healthcare informatics; augmented intelligence in games, serious games and virtual reality; neural networks and data mining; augmented intelligence and metaverse; security, privacy and ethics in augmented intelligence; and applied natural language processing.
Download or read book Level Up Exploring Gamification s Impact on Research and Innovation written by Tibor Guzsvinecz and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Level Up! Exploring Gamification's Impact on Research and Innovation explores the transformative power of gamification in various fields. This edited book shows how game design elements, when integrated into non-gaming contexts, can revolutionize education, health care, luxury tourism, language learning, and more. Through a series of case studies and research, the book demonstrates the potential of gamification to enhance user engagement, improve knowledge retention, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. Discover how AI-powered simulations and interactive technologies are creating personalized learning experiences that adapt to individual needs, making education more effective and engaging. Explore the use of gamification in luxury tourism to elevate travel experiences, enhance customer loyalty, and deliver immersive, memorable journeys. Understand the advantages of mobile-assisted language learning applications, which use gamified elements to make language learning more accessible and enjoyable. The book also highlights the role of gamification in health care by showcasing how it can transform medical education by providing interactive and adaptive training environments. Learn about the efforts of the STEAME Teacher Facilitators Academy in promoting project-based learning methodologies that prepare educators to lead innovative, multidisciplinary classrooms. This book is an essential resource for scholars, educators, practitioners, and policymakers who are looking to harness the benefits of gamification. It offers insights and practical strategies for using game mechanics to address complex challenges, drive progress, and create impactful experiences. By embracing the principles of gamification, readers will be equipped to turn challenges into opportunities for growth and success, fostering a more connected, informed, and empowered society. Use this book to level up and unlock the full potential of gamification and innovation in your field!
