How exciting would the world be if everyone was either a scientist or mathematician? What would the world be like? Of course there will be a bountiful supply of scientific breakthroughs thank we can bank on, but what how will all of the other aspects of the world fare? As of currently, all across the country there has been a jolt of urgency for the incorporation of a more STEM based education in schools. A more “STEM” based education like the type described in We Can’t All Be Math Nerds and Science Geeks by Fareed Zakaria narrows student’s once broad-based learning foundation and directs it into a more specific line of learning, which is the reasoning behind Zakaria’s disapproval of the movement.
The value of the STEM system (science, technology, engineering, and math) is steering the education world in a new and positive direction, although some may believe otherwise. In Lloyd Bentsen’s article, “the United States educational system will continue to fail our children,” he talks about how he disagrees with Zakaria, another writer stating his views on the STEM system. Bentsen believes the STEM system will benefit America. In Scott Gerber’s article, “How Liberal Arts Colleges Are Failing America,” he talks about how people can correlate their majors into entrepreneurship. Lastly, in Fareed Zakaria’s article, “Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous,” he shares his belief that our obsession with STEM is just a way to overlook
A Rube Goldberg project is a complicated way to do a simple task. In our project we decided to crack an egg. We designed a complex way in order to do this simple task. First of all, we decided to have a catapult fling a bouncy ball into to dominos which would set off a mousetrap. Then, the mousetrap would pull a string to releases a ball down a slide.
A survey conducted by “Andrew Bennett, a management consultant” showed that 84 out of 100 business leaders “would rather hire smart, passionate people, even if they didn’t have the exact skills their companies needed.” This survey confirms that its better for students to be well rounded in their education rather than have an education based entirely on STEM. Another study conducted by Oxford scholars found that for workers to win the competition against computers for their jobs, “they will have to acquire creative and social skills.” A STEM education won’t teach creativity and social skills; it will stifle them. Overall Zakaria’s abundance of facts were key in persuading the
He also provided the reader with opinions from other well-known liable people. Zakaria claimed that having a broad general education helps foster critical thinking and creativity. The author insisted that America will not show progress by the 21st century because they are making cheap computer chips instead of focusing on how new technology interact with people. The author supported his claim by stating that the American economy has changed historically which resulted in success shifting from one generation to the next. Zakaria believes that educational systems focusing on STEM courses are not reasonable because people don’t want to only learn one specific skill for
After reading your article “Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous” I have formed some opinions regarding the topic that was mentioned in the article. This article is relatable to me as a student who has been educated in America’s educational system. Even though students who want to pursue a degree often complain about taking prerequisites, this article demonstrates that those prerequisites are a reason as to why students can be well rounded. I have been one of those students who often complain about the amount of different subject we must take, but I am slowly learning to appreciate it. It is in a way a calming thing to think about that even though I am majoring in one subject, that is not the sole thing I can offer when
Governor’s School Essay Response Ever since I was young you could always find me toying around with objects trying to figure out how they worked. Taking them apart, studying them, and then reconstructing them back together was a usual past time for me. Looking back I realized that all of the time I spent on learning how something worked was the foundation that flourished into my passion for engineering.
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I’ve seen students struggle with being literate and numerate so I’m not even sure they could begin to concern themselves with becoming competent in STEM fields during high school. It would seem that educators might be more helpful to encourage students to use high school to build a breadth of knowledge in many different areas, knowing that college will be the time to build depth. High school could be used to develop the basics and apply elements from many, non-science fields to their work similar to a liberal arts approach. Providing students with a broad-based high school foundation before entering college would help develop them into well-rounded students prepared for whichever program they choose whether it’s a STEM program or not.
I grew to love technology throughout my childhood and wanted to acquire more knowledge. Once thirteen years old, everyone from teachers, parents, siblings, and strangers informed me that I could not major in anything engineering. I was discouraged from pursuing such a tough field because men outnumber women in engineering more than five to one. During my adolescent years, I began
By making engineering classes accessible to all students, students will learn the technological skills necessary to be competitive in the job market. Natalie Stipanovic and Hongyrun Woo, contributors to Career Development Quarterly, say, “... we have found that the students in our sample, who attended schools in higher poverty regions, experienced limitations with course offering in their major, were placed on wait lists because of a lack of space in desired courses, and lacked the opportunity to take advanced courses at the community college level a result of funding” (202-3). By allowing all students to participate in engineering courses, they will have access to sought after courses and will learn desirable skills. When students take engineering courses, the critical thinking skills
While the U.S. government initiatives to expand student interest and participation in STEM may increase student achievement on paper, what the U.S. government forgets is that students need a fully-rounded education. Therefore, student potential rises above any number on a chart, so the value of the initiatives does not match that of a STEAM. Education in the United States of America, compared to those of Asian countries (like China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore), constantly ranks low, but focusing more on STEM will only help the numbers (not the country). A well-rounded education that includes everything the STEM pathway offers and more. According to Deborah Fitzgerald, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, their students
INTRODUCTION In order to effectively develop an educational activity that will generate interests in engineering amongst middle-schoolers, we need to grasp the key ethical considerations that will be raised by the Educational Design project: ethical effects, community concerns, and user concerns. We plan on designing a week long summer program that would allow seventh and eighth graders to design and implement a mock cityscape. From Armin’s research into the ethical effects of such a project, Victor’s research into the community concerns, and Artin’s research on user concerns, we hope to design our project to have a positive impact on the participants and society. ETHICAL EFFECTS Engineerings or in general STEM are some of the professions that have affected us positively in terms of solving problems and well-being of society.
At the same time, it will allow teachers to cater for mixed ability
Education is a huge issue that not only affects kids and their parents, but their community as well. Schools teach young kids to become the next generation of engineers, technicians, and political leaders, working towards creating a better future for their country and their community. Teachers have the unique job of creating the future leaders of the world, and preparing them for both college and life beyond, by putting a special push towards math and science, the so-called “foundation” of our society. The hard truth is, no one can be anything they want to be. Some people are simply not cut out to be engineers, doctors, or psychologists.
