International Science and Technology Education

Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions
Herausgeber: Renn, Ortwin; Hohlt, Andreas; Karafyllis, Nicole C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to cultural understanding of science and technology in international context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781138887374
• ISBN-10: 1138887374
• Artikelnr.: 42742094

Autorenporträt

Ortwin Renn is Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart University, Germany, member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and was Spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures until December 2014. Nicole C. Karafyllis is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, and was Deputy Spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities until December 2014. Andreas Hohlt was Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany until December 2014. Dorothea Taube was research associate for the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany until December 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Andreas Hohlt, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Ortwin Renn and Dorothea
Taube Part 1: STEM Education between Universalism and Cultural Relativism
1. Why 'Technology' is Not Universal: Philosophical Remarks on the Language
and Culture Issue of STEM Education Nicole C. Karafyllis 2. Universals in
STEM Education Interview with Heinz Duddeck (engineer) and Randolf Menzel
(biologist) Part 2: STEM Education Worldwide: Perspectives on Situations in
Six Countries 3. The Shift in Public Perception of Science and Science
Education in Post-war Japan Takuji Okamoto 4. Gunpla Robot Toys and the
Popularization of Robotics in Japan Cosima Wagner 5. From National Mission
to What? Shifts in the Implications of Science and Technology in Korea
Jung-Ok Ha 6. Challenges for STEM Education in India Sundar Sarukkai 7.
Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes for STEM Education: Cases from
the Indian Technology Cluster City of Hyderabad Nagalakshmi Chelluri and
Avvari V. Mohan 8. Highlights of STEM Education in Egypt Ghada K. Gholam
and Nasser Mansour 9. Tertiary Education in the GCC countries (UAE, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia): How economy, Gender and Culture Affect the Field of STEM
Nicole C. Karafyllis 10. Science Culture in Brazilian Society Simon
Schwartzman 11. Policy Controversies in Science Education in Brazil: a
Brief Overview Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Edilene Cruz 12. Closing the
Achievement Gap and Building the Pipeline through STEM Education: A U.S.
Perspective Yvonne M. Spicer 13. The NRC Framework and the Next Generation
Science Standards: An Opportunity to Improve Science Education in the USA
Arthur Eisenkraft Part 3: STEM Education from a Comparative Transnational
Perspective 14. STEM Education From a Comparative Transnational
Perspective: Results of a Group Delphi Process Dorothea Taube, Ortwin Renn
and Andreas Hohlt 15. Lessons learned: Towards Unity in Diversity Andreas
Hohlt, Ortwin Renn, Dorothea Taube and Nicole C. Karafyllis 16. Responding
To Challenges Of Rapid Global Change By Strengthening Local STEM Education
Ilan Chabay