The STEM Movement: Golden Opportunity or Trojan Horse?

Centre for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education (SMT) - Forum on STEM Education

Panelists:
Larry Bencze (OISE)
Jason Foster (U of T Engineering Science)
Samson Nashon (University of British Columbia)
Ana Maria Navas (OISE)
John Wallace (OISE)

Moderator:
Jim Hewitt (OISE)

The STEM Movement - Golden Opportunity, or Trojan Horse?: The past several years have seen a surge of activity in education around STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Much of this effort has been spurred by an economic agenda - to produce more graduates in science-related fields for the job market. Is this effort a golden opportunity to revive interest in science- and mathematics-related subjects, and to bring more diversity to the field; or, is it a Trojan Horse, attractive on the outside, but focused mainly on skills training to feed the capitalist enterprise, to the detriment of general public education?

Event Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2014
OISE, NEXUS Lounge

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