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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
Hardback.
One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields-science, technology, engineering, and math. Businesspeople 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 ... Read more
One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields-science, technology, engineering, and math. Businesspeople 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421400945
SKU
V9781421400945
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About David E. Drew
David E. Drew is the Platt Professor of Education, Management, and Mathematics at the Claremont (CA) Graduate University and author of Aptitude Revisited: Rethinking Math and Science Education for America's Next Century, also published by Johns Hopkins.
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