Description

If you’re an education leader concerned with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives, this book will help you both understand and implement STEM action plans. The book starts by putting STEM in context, as the early chapters outline the challenges facing STEM education, draw lessons from the Sputnik moment of the 1950s and 1960s, and contrast contemporary STEM with other education reforms. The author then explores appropriate roles for the federal government as well as states, districts, and individual schools. Finally, the book offers several ideas you can use to develop actual action plans for STEM. Throughout the book, author Rodger W. Bybee puts an emphasis on both thinking and acting. That’s why The Case for STEM Education is a must-read for leaders at all levels: national and state policy makers, state-level educators responsible for STEM initiatives, college and university faculty who educate future STEM teachers, local administrators who make decisions about district and school programs, and teachers who represent STEM disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Are the Challenges for STEM Education?
Chapter 2: What Can We Learn From the Original Sputnik Moment?
Chapter 3: Is STEM Education a Response to This Generation’s Sputnik Moment?
Chapter 4: How Is STEM Education Different From Other Education Reforms?
Chapter 5: STEM Seems to Be the Answer. What Was the Question?
Chapter 6: If STEM Is an Opportunity, What Is the Federal Government’s Role?
Chapter 7: How Can a State, District, or School Develop a Coherent Strategy for STEM Education?
Chapter 8: What Is Your Perspective of STEM Education?
Chapter 9: STEM Education: Where Are You Now, and Where Do You Want to Go?
Chapter 10: What Is Your Action Plan for STEM Education?
Conclusion
References
Index