Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems Approach

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to ARN-L might be interested in a recent 
discussion-list post "Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems 
Approach" [Hake (2012)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: Lees Stuntz (2012), executive director of "Creative 
Learning Exchange" <http://clexchange.org/> called attention to an 
AAAS News Release "Systemic School Reform Necessary for Science 
Education Improvements" at <http://bit.ly/xNfuW0>. The release 
indicated that improving education in science, technology, 
engineering and mathematics (STEM) would require a new SYSTEMS 
APPROACH that "views education as part of a larger, more complex 
enterprise that reaches far beyond the classroom." To dig deeper on 
"systems thinking" see e.g.: "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References 
on Systems Thinking," at <http://bit.ly/9gZdXU> and "Books for 
Laypersons on Systems Thinking #2" at <http://bit.ly/npq5oy>.
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To access the complete 9 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/xcv0bR>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
      Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
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<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
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"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
          H. G. Wells (1920) in "The Outline of History"

REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 
25 Jan 2012.]
Hake, R.R. 2012. ""Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems 
Approach"  online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at 
<http://bit.ly/xcv0bR>. Post of 25 Jan 2012 11:12:56-0800 to AERA-L 
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being 
transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog 
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/A25rhg> with a provision for 
comments.

Wells, H.G. 1920. "The Outline of History." For a Wikipedia entry 
which discusses the interesting history of this treatise see 
<http://bit.ly/yCkMjN>. For Amazon.com information on a two volume 
set published in 1949 by Garden City Books see 
<http://amzn.to/yvpDwU>.

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