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STEM education—the focus on science, technology, engineering, and math—has become the choice du jour for educational reform and was prominently mentioned in President Obama’s State of the Union address. I’ve worked with several very successful STEM schools, so I like the trend. But I also see a tendency to regard STEM as ‘just another thing we do,’ instead of seizing the opportunity to further develop 21st century learning principles. Here are some of the pitfalls I’ve encountered…
Late last spring I was asked to conduct a PBL workshop for teachers in a district that trumpeted STEM principles. But their definition of STEM? Every high school in the District had adopted an extra math course.
