Forgot your password?
New user?
SEEE Seminar Series - Eight Critical Issues About STEM Education and the Economy
A forum on how STEM education interrelates with economics and social equity.
Eight Critical Issues About STEM Education and the Economy
Thursday, October 7, 2010
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES)
University of San Diego
Featured Speaker: Jeremy Roschelle, Director, Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International
We invite you to a dynamic discussion that will begin a conversation on how to move from localized reform efforts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to broader-scale economic impacts.
Dr. Roschelle will discuss several issues identified by educators and economists that will measurably impact our society, such as:
-
Are international comparison rankings good benchmarks for improving our schools?
-
Where is the STEM pipeline really broken?
-
Can we directly measure student innovation capacity? How do we develop it?
-
Assuming that we know how to improve our education system, what would it take to scale-up and impact our economy?
Educational reforms that demonstrate a benefit to society can stimulate government support, draw attention to successes, and build support for upscaling successful programs. Social benefits of reform include increased quality of life, improved decision-making in an increasingly complex world, and enhanced social cohesiveness in a diverse demographic. Economic competitiveness is a strong attractor among political stakeholders, but the question remains: Can localized improvement in STEM education lead to measurable economic impacts?
CLICK HERE for more information and to RSVP.
