Enhancing Urban Teachers’ STEM & Leadership Capacities Punya Mishra, Leigh Graves-Wolf, Chris Seals, Rohit Mehta & Inese Berzina-Pitcher Episteme 6 December 2015
flexible thinking The Hedgehog v.s. the Fox hedgehogs v.s. foxes The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing — Archilochus (7th Century BC)
Hedgehogs: thinkers who “know one big thing,” aggressively extend the explanatory reach of that one big thing into new domains, display bristly impatience with those who “do not get it,” and express considerable confidence that they are already pretty proficient forecasters, at least in the long term
Foxes: thinkers who know many small things (tricks of their trade), are skeptical of grand schemes, explanation and prediction are not deductive exercises but rather as exercises in flexible “ad hocery” that require stitching together diverse sources of information, and are rather diffident about their own forecasting prowess
The MSU-Wipro Partnership A brief history
Azim Premji Foundation / University
• Third&largest&district& • 664&Schools& – – – –
420&Elementary& 96&High&Schools& 6&Combination& 131&Charter&(58&EL)&
• 396,000&students& – 85%&free/reduced&lunch& – 16.3%&ELL&
• 22,519&Teachers
The team
Instructional Team
Program Logistics
Possible “media” day
www.MSUrbanSTEM.org #MSUrbanSTEM
Our fellows
Math
K-5 ALL Science Engineering Technology
Coach/Coordinator Administrator
STEM
The courses •
CEP805: Learning Mathematics with Technology
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CEP806: Learning Science with Technology
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CEP815: Technology & Leadership
Three courses (9 credits) taught in an integrated manner over the summer-fall-spring. Increased emphasis on leadership in the spring semester
The challenge‌.
Developing a program v.s. a set of courses
Technology + Pedagogy + Content (STEM) (in an integrated manner)
Pedagogy
Content
Technology
Context
On designing an experience
The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative — John Dewey
On designing an experience Experience as a transaction. It is not just a psychological phenomenon.. that happens exclusively “within'' us...
Experience takes place in the world itself. It is made up of our continuous interaction and participation with objects, situations, and events that constitute our environment.
Elements of an experience
Unified Transformative Compelling Having a dramatic quality Aesthetic
What does this mean for a #MSUrbanSTEM?
Key elements
Unified (Integrated coursework, Proximity to practice)
TPACK (Coherence, )
Creativity (Repurposing tools, Combinatorial creativity)
Deep Play (Active, collaborative, Reflective)
Dramatic Quality (Compelling, Driven by Wonder)
Unified TPACK Repurposing / creativity Deep Play Dramatic Quality
Multiple levels Mechanical | Meaningful | Generative Program | Courses | Assignments Students | Instructors | Networks
Face-to-Face Summer Session
Days 11
Day 1, Minute 1
Day 1, Minute 10
World of Wonder https://openclipart.org/detail/192514/stack-of-two-books-by-gerhard-tinned-192514
Quick Fire Challenges
Learning to see‌ ideas!
Constructing knowledge!
Respecting knowledge & 
 expertise
Teaching Demonstrations
Falling into Practice
Fall Semester Goal: Keep momentum from Summer as we move away from face-toface and into distance learning
Application
(DreamIT, iterations)
Interaction

(Book review & Author Interview)
Support
(Online & Face to Face)
Dream IT Design
Share
Modify
Implement Report
Book Review
Differentiated Support
Face-to-face meetings
Opportunity to gather as a cohort
Chicago
East Lansing
Springing into action! STEM & Leadership
Building Leadership Capacity In the room activity Rocking the Boat in four stages Setting goals (Instrumental and Missional thinking) Reflections/Reactions of Students
Presenting at a National Conference (AERA) • The Maker Movement and STEM • Making STEM relevant and accessible to all students • Connecting STEM to citizenship via authentic assessments. • The Responsive Professional Development Session for STEM • Innovative Teaching/ Leadership in STEM Education • Attracting Students to STEM Careers • Creating Interdisciplinary Opportunities in STEM
Developing a Personal Manifesto The Personal Manifesto as a framework for thinking about growth Curate and annotate resources Revisiting Goals and Tempered Radicalism Writing the personal manifesto
Finalizing the Dream IT Reflection of what has occurred Revising when necessary Planning and Documentation for final version Final Report
Bringing it together!
Does it work?
Data Quantitative TPACK TES ELSI Tech Survey
Qualitative Reflection Reports Semester Review Course Review Website Review
TES (Teacher Sense of Self-Efficacy Scale): Background ▪ ▪
Woolfolk & Hoy (1990) Based off ▪ ▪
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Teaching efficacy: teacher’s outcome expectations about the consequence of teaching Personal efficacy: The teacher’s course of action
Merging Orientations of control ▪ ▪ ▪
Pupil control ideology: from custodial to humanistic Bureaucratic orientation: commitment to set of values beliefs, and behaviors set by bureaucracies. Motivation: Intrinsic motivation comes from autonomy and responsibility in class, by students.
Technology Survey: Background & Results ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Inherited from our MSU MAET program Direct questions about use of Technology Significant group differences Not validated instrument Cannot draw inferences
ELSI (Educational Leadership Self Inventory): 12 sub-scales ▪
Rating scale and the content of the questionnaire are based on the Connecticut State Department of Education's Standards for School Leaders. ▪ adapted by Larry Jacobson (CSDE) in 1999. ▪ Format based on Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS), by Philip Hallinger (1984). ▪ Scale normed on the the importance ratings of 251 Connecticut School principals who participated in “Successful school principals” study.
Qualitative Measures Reflection Reports Course Review (SIRS) Semester Review Questionnaire Website & DreamIT Project Reviews
DreamIT Project Coding Coding framework Teachers on many levels
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Including efficacy
▪ TPACK (Knowledge) ▪ Pedagogy ▪ Content ▪ Technology
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Leadership
Codes ▪ Pedagogy & classroom practices ▪ Identity, Passion, Philosophy of Teaching, & Learning ▪ Technology Use ▪ Leadership Style & Collaboration ▪ Impact of MSU UrbanStem Program ▪ Disciplinary Connections ▪ Growth and Development (professional) ▪ Urban Education Topics ▪ Creativity ▪ Important but does not fit
Fellows’ Websites
More important‌
Education is not preparation for life but is life itself — John Dewey MSUrbanSTEM.org
Thanks punyamishra.com

punya@msu.edu
flexible thinking hedgehogs v.s. foxes punyamishra The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing — Archilochus (7th Century BC)