STEM Education: How Best to “Illuminate the Lamp of Learning”
Dwight Bues · 2019
Engineers often need to present design and implementation proposals, speaking in front of a group. STEM students may be reticent about publicly discussing their ideas and they could use good examples to follow, as this will definitely enhance their performance in College and the Business world. Largely, engineers have the Mathematics and Science background necessary to be Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), useful for being able to advise students within the particular STEM pursuit. Actually, my High School Calculus teacher was a Chemical Engineer by trade. Everybody hates homework, and Engineers are no exception, but no one can teach without preparation. My mother, who taught English in Baltimore for 38 years, always went to work with her lesson plans for Hamlet, even though she had taught it her entire career. Any engineer who wants to participate in a STEM endeavor will need to prepare. This paper is intended to help engineers “come out of their shells,” giving pointers on methods and pitfalls of various types of instruction.