The Age of STEM: educational policy and practice across the world in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 52-6001-52-6001 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Educational Policy And Practice ◽  
And Mathematics

scholarly journals Editorial Board Thoughts: Arts into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – STEAM, Creative Abrasion, and the Opportunity in Libraries Today

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Patrick Tod Colegrove
Keyword(s):  
Science Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Jigsaw Puzzles ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Way

By actively seeking out opportunities to bring art into traditionally STEM-focused activity, and vice-versa, we are deliberately increasing the diversity of the environment. Makerspace services and activities, to the extent they are open and visibly accessible to all, are a natural for the spontaneous development of trans-disciplinary collaboration. Within the spaces of the library, opportunities to connect individuals around shared avocational interest might range from music and spontaneous performance areas to spaces salted with LEGO bricks and jigsaw puzzles; the potential connections between our resources and the members of our communities are as diverse as their interests. Indeed, when a practitioner from one discipline can interact and engage with others from across the STEAM spectrum, the world becomes a richer place – and maybe, just maybe, we can fan the flames of curiosity along the way.

Conservative Battles for Public Education within America's Culture Wars: poignant lessons for today from the red scare of the 1950s

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J. Foster ◽  
O. L. Davis, Jr
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Culture Wars ◽  
Red Scare ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Educational Policy And Practice ◽  
The 1950S

Historically public schools and public school teachers have been obvious targets for attacks by conservative critics. However, during the post World War II red scare, the rapid emergence of anti-communist sentiment and super-patriotic zeal dramatically increased their vulnerability. In many respects the arch conservatism of the 1950s has obvious parallels with political trends in American education this century. As in the 1950s, contemporary pressures by well-organised and powerful conservative groups, 'think tanks', politicians, and economic interests have been particularly successful in influencing educational policy and practice on a wide range of issues. Attention to the educational context of the 1950s, therefore, reasonably offers contemporary educators important historical insights into the ways in which socio-political forces profoundly shape and dramatically influence educational policy and practice.

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