Science/STEM Talk with Author Dr Pat Brown

This science/STEM talk, with author Dr. Patrick Brown, will take a look at how different science/STEM is now taught, as opposed to what many of us remember from our own school experiences.

Enjoy this interactive talk as it engages participants in what we know about learners, how learning has evolved, and how the author's work and writing addresses the advances in modern learning theory. These ideas, that spurred his writing, will be illustrated through videos that have been utilized with students. The videos are based on several model lessons that appear as chapters and main themes in his books.

Be prepared that during this author talk, participants will most likely learn some science as well as some contemporary ideas about how people learn best!

About the Author:

Dr. Patrick L. Brown is executive director of STEM and career education for the Fort Zumwalt School District in St. Charles, Missouri. Before arriving at Fort Zumwalt, he received a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Dr. Brown has a range of K–12 and postsecondary teaching experience. He has taught elementary, middle level, and high school lessons. In addition, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses for prospective elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Dr. Brown has won various awards for his science methods course teaching. Dr. Brown makes frequent presentations at international, regional, and state conferences and is known for his scholarship on instructional sequences to teach science. His science teaching ideas have appeared in Science & Children, Science Scope, The Science Teacher, and Science Activities. He is author of the NSTA best-selling book series Instructional Sequence Matters.