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[Phys-l] Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems Approach

Some subscribers to Phys-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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