Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems Approach

Some blog followers 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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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)

rrhake@earthlink.net
http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake
http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi
http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com
http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake

“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.

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

Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking #2

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post "Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking" [Hake (2010b)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: In response to a post of 19 Dec 2009 titled "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking" [Hake (2009)], author Scott Berkun asked "Do you have any recommendations on books for laypersons on systems thinking?" I relayed Berkun's question to EvalSys, EvalTalk, & K-12SysDyn in a post of 4 April 2010 titled "Any Recommendations on Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking?" [Hake (2010a)]. Herein are the eight responses to that question that were received, plus two earlier suggestions for additions to "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking."

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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)

rrhake@earthlink.net

http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake

http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi

http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com

http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake

REFERENCES [Tiny URL’s courtesy http://tinyurl.com/create.php .]

Hake, R.R. 2009. "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking," online at http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/200RefsSystems2c.pdf (1.7 MB) and as reference #58 at http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/. The abstract and link to the complete report were transmitted to various discussion lists on 19 December 2009 and also appear athttp://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/12/over-two-hundred-annotated-references.html with a provision for comments.

Hake, R.R. 2010a. "Any Recommendations on Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking?" online on the EvalSys archives at http://tinyurl.com/2exansj . Post of 4 Apr 2010 to EvalSys, EvalTalk, & K-12SysDyn.

Hake, R.R. 2010b. "Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://tinyurl.com/29msedo . Post of 9 May 2010 15:40:23-0700 to AERA-L and NetGold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists.