Stem the Tide : Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America

Drew, David E.; Astin, Alexander W. (FRW)

ISBN 10: 1421400944 / ISBN 13: 9781421400945

Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

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Riassunto:

Proven strategies for reforming STEM education in America’s schools, colleges, and universities.

One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and math. Businesspeople and cultural critics such as Bill Gates warn that this alarming situation puts the United States at a serious disadvantage in the high-tech global marketplace of the twenty-first century, and President Obama places improvement in these areas at the center of his educational reform. What can be done to reverse this poor performance and to unleash America’s wasted talent?

David E. Drew has good news—and the tools America needs to keep competitive. Drawing on both academic literature and his own rich experience, Drew identifies proven strategies for reforming America’s schools, colleges, and universities, and his comprehensive review of STEM education in the United States offers a positive blueprint for the future. These research-based strategies include creative and successful methods for building strong programs in science and mathematics education and show how the achievement gap between majority and minority students can be closed. A crucial measure, he argues, is recruiting, educating, supporting, and respecting America’s teachers.

Accessible, engaging, and hard hitting, STEM the Tide is a clarion call to policymakers, administrators, educators, and everyone else concerned about students’ participation in the STEM fields and America’s competitive global position.

Informazioni sull'autore:

David E. Drew is the Platt Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University and the author of Aptitude Revisited: Rethinking Math and Science Education for America's Next Century.

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Titolo: Stem the Tide : Reforming Science, ...
Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: good