Myths and Motives behind STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education and the STEM-Worker Shortage Narrartive

To this end, they have formed at least three organizations: ( 1) STEMConnector provides profiles of more than 5000 stakeholders to map STEM education across states under categories such as business, government, associations diversity, and women and education ( STEMConnector, 2013), (2) TAP (Tapping...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Issues in teacher education 2014-04, Vol.23 (1), p.133
Main Author: Stevenson, Heidi J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career Choice
Careers
Doctoral Programs
Educational History
Elementary Secondary Education
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965)
Employers
Employment
Engineering
Foreign Students
Foreign Workers
Higher Education
Labor Market
Labor Supply
Mathematics education
Misconceptions
Natural Sciences
Nonprofit organizations
Prosperity
Public schools
Salaries
Science education
Scientists
Shortages
Standardized Tests
State of the Union Address
STEM Education
Supply and Demand
Teacher education
Technology education
United States History
Workers
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To this end, they have formed at least three organizations: ( 1) STEMConnector provides profiles of more than 5000 stakeholders to map STEM education across states under categories such as business, government, associations diversity, and women and education ( STEMConnector, 2013), (2) TAP (Tapping America's Potential) consists of 15 major business associations such as the Business Roundtable and U.S. Chamber of Commerce with a goal of increasing the annual number of STEM bachelor's-level graduates to 400,000 (Tapcoalition, 2013), and (3) lOOkinlO, includes over 26 funders pledging over $52 million toward their work with over 121 partners who make commitments to train 100,000 STEM teachers by 2021 (100kin10, 2013). lOOkinlO offers to raise funds and challenges the U.S. Congress "to fund the rest" ( lOOkinlO, 2013; The White House, 2009). Natural sciences salaries in the U.S. What appears to have happened prior to the release of the demographically -based paper referenced above is that the Policy Research Analysis Division (PRA) of the NSF performed a market analysis of the natural sciences industry which predicted a dramatic rise in salaries.\n To increase their relevance to students' lives, these programs should be developed with an understanding of the myths and motives behind STEM education and the manufactured STEM-worker shortage.
ISSN:1536-3031