1. STEM teacher preparation and practice : an interdisciplinary perspective / Patrick M. Jenlink and Karen Embry Jenlink -- 2. Toward an eccentric educational ideal : the demands for interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration / Shawn Vecellio -- 3. Looking deeper through the STEM lens : exploring the intersection between content and context to optimize STEM learning / Louis S. Nadelson and Anne Seifert -- 4. "I don't know anything about DNA. Well I do, but not from you guys" : a vision for interdisciplinary STEM teaching / Vanessa Svihla, Kersti Tyson, Justin Boyle, Jamie Collins, Ara Kooser, Ayesha Livingston, Abigail Stiles, and Julie Bryant -- 5. Mathematics, science, and technology reform in teacher education : implications for teaching practice / Deborah Moore-Russo and Naemi Waight -- 6. Developing a STEM education teacher preparation program to help increase STEM literacy among preservice teachers / Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Christa Jackson, D. Craig Schroeder, and Jennifer Wilhelm -- 7. Troubling STEM : making a case for an ethics and stem partnership / Astrid Steele -- 8. Preparing science teaching candidates to deliver language-rich STEM instruction / Kevin Carr -- 9. Promoting an interdisciplinary approach to STEM education : matching stem pedagogy to trends on the demand side / Joseph Mukuni -- 10. Epilogue : the future of STEM teaching / Karen Embry Jenlink and Patrick M. Jenlink