A STEM Narrative: 15 Years in the Making

Autor/inn/en	Blackley, Susan; Howell, Jennifer
Titel	A STEM Narrative: 15 Years in the Making
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40 (2015) 7, Artikel 8 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Educational History; Program Development; Comparative Education; Foreign Countries; Politics of Education; Educational Trends; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Barriers; Outcomes of Education; Integrated Curriculum; Program for International Student Assessment; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Programmplanung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Ausland; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Since its inception in the late 1990s, STEM has continued to attract attention and sizeable funding in the US, UK, and Australia. This paper narrates the development of the STEM movement both nationally and internationally, and analyses both the influences that have progressed its evolution and those that have stymied authentic STEM practices. The pervading rhetoric of "STEM crisis" is considered through a global lens, and is resolved as a geo-political phenomenon. The strident voice of the US in the STEM narrative is tempered by investigating the approach to STEM in European, Asian, and developing countries. Two perspectives are described in the narrative: the political and the educational. Each perspective has an apparently differing agenda that has resulted in little success in achieving the desired and much-publicised STEM outcomes. The paper concludes with suggestions of two courses of action that would most likely achieve the outcomes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01