The World Is Changing: Will Education Change With It?

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Being a student at a STEM school, I feel as if a change in the education is totally necessary, but it cannot happen overnight. We have to make students passionate about learning whether it be chemistry, history, or art. Pushing students through the school system just to get out is one of the major things that is terribly wrong. Many teachers also sacrifice the learning experience for those that are bright and working hard and those that couldn't care less.
In regards to any earlier comment--- Why teach STEM? Why not? America has always been at the forefront of technology and innovation. Recent innovations that have become part of our daily lives include Facebook and the iPhone. Stop teaching STEM in America and the fusion of science and creative that created these things we use everyday disappears. In addition, it would be a shame to neglect the opportunity to anyone to do and study what they love.

Anonymous of KY 9:33AM January 09, 2012

You're right-we need to support STEM. I've been teaching science for 20 years, so we're on the same page. One of the things we need to do, though, is to overcome the image that the only measure of success is aquiring terrabucks as fast as possible without regard to ethics. Once it was actually pretty cool to be a "nerd" because once the skills were demo'ed to be successful, respect followed. Kids know how to use the tech, they need to be shown that _inventing_ the tech is loads better.
In short, let's make it a nstatus symbol ton be a nerd, and put the atheleticsn backn wheren they belong-minor entertainmen.

Scott Bitner of OH 9:59AM January 06, 2012

Why teach STEM when we can just import tech labor from India and China more economically?

Luther of LA 10:46PM January 05, 2012

I don't think the author is arguing that students don't need to learn English and History. Rather, the author is saying, "Look at how incredible technology has progressed! What can education do to keep pace?"
I do think the answer to that question is a further emphasis on learning skills in context.
John
www.academiclifecoaching.com

John Williams of OR 1:45PM January 05, 2012