Education
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction,
Science Education
University of Delaware
M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction,
Science Education
University of Delaware
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
Pamela Lottero-Perdue
Professor and Director of the Integrated STEM Instructional Leadership (PreK-6) Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program
Areas of Expertise
Research:
• Student and teacher perspectives on and responses to design failure within engineering
education
• Factors and support and hinder elementary teachers’ implementation of engineering
instruction
• Student engagement, decision making and mindset within and as shaped by the engineering
design process
Teaching and Professional Learning:
• Pre-service teacher education that includes engineering and integrated STEM education
• Professional learning experiences, graduate coursework, and practitioner journal
articles for practicing elementary teachers in engineering, science and integrated
STEM education
Integrated STEM Curriculum Writing (Emphasis on Engineering Education):
• For undergraduate and graduate STEM education learners
• For P-8 students
Courses Taught
- SCIE 371 Teaching Science in Early Childhood
- SCIE 376 Teaching Science in the Elementary School
- PHSC 101 Physical Science
- PHSC 303 Earth-Space Science
- SCIE 355 Teaching Engineering Design in Elementary & Middle School Science
- SCIE 650 Engineering in Integrated STEM Education
National Leadership in Engineering Education
- Immediate Past Chair of the Pre-College Engineering Education (PCEE) Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (www.asee.org) (July 2017 – ongoing)
- Chair of the PCEE Division of the ASEE (www.asee.org) (June 2015 – June 2017)
- Member of the ASEE Board of Directors Committee on P12 Engineering Education (June 2014 – ongoing)