STEM the Tide: Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America
David E. Drew
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Description for STEM the Tide: Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421416953
SKU
V9781421416953
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About David E. Drew
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.
Reviews for STEM the Tide: Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America
The well-researched arguments are enthusiastically presented, and the book heralds another call for the renovation and enhancement of a vital part of the curriculum. Highly recommended. Choice STEM the Tide provides a valuable analysis of current science and math education policy issues and provides useful solutions to implement reform in these areas. Education Review Drew provides a package that cogently ... Read more