President Barack Obama speaks at the announcement of the "Change the Equation"
initiative in the South Court Auditorium of the White House. The initiative
seeks to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to
better prepare students to lead in the 21st century economy. September 16, 2010.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
STEM EDUCATION: Why is STEM EDUCATION Important to US Competitiveness?
Being known as the world’s most powerful and most
competitive among nations, STEM education is very important for maintaining
American leadership and successfully competing with the rapidly growing
economies of Asia. As found in the recent report, “ Rising
Tigers, Sleeping Giant, “ Asian nations like China, South Korea, and
Japan are launching massive government investment projects to dominate the
clean-tech sector, which promises to be one of the largest new growth sectors
of the next few decades.
In order to catch up, the United States will need a national
clean-tech education strategy as what the Obama Administration’s RE-ENERGYSE was
step in the right direction. And in order to maintain America’s
competitiveness, we really need to educate students today especially in math,
science, technology, and engineering.
This is an interesting thing going on right now. I wonder, though, if part of the issue is that we, as a nation, do a poor job of educating students about the ISSUES, rather than just the science. Perhaps the students just don't care, so they don't see a need to be involved through STEM. We have a nation of students who think, "It's not my problem." If our only goal is to compete with other nations, then maybe that's the wrong motivation. Just a thought. Thanks for the post!
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