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The Future is Here: Peoria
October 4, 1957
October 4, 1957
STEM Knowledge Mergers
Skill Mergers
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STEM Knowledge Mergers
Skill Mergers
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“The Nation is now well into the 21st century and not since the Soviet
Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite—47 years ago—has the
need to improve science and mathematics education in America been as clear and as urgent as it is
today.”
–National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsb0602/
What trends are driving change in education, workforce
and education
today?
GlobalS&T
Demography
Our Sputnik
“If the U.S. is to maintain its economic leadership and compete in the new global
economy, the nation must prepare today’s K-12 students better to be tomorrow’s
productive workers and citizens. Changing workforce requirements mean that new
workers will need ever more sophisticated skills in science, mathematics, engineering
and technology ...
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2006/0502/testimony.pdf
Governor Rick Perry
Texas Competitiveness Council and Industry Cluster Initiative
“Growing evidence shows that pathways hold promise for reducing high school dropout rates, increasing academic achievement and learning,
and increasing students’ earning power when they graduate. Equally compelling,
studies show that students enrolled in pathways perform as well as their
traditionally educated counterparts on key measures” (Hoachlander, et al, p. 3, 2008).
“Those who complete both a strong academic curriculum and a vocational program of study (dual concentrators) may have better outcomes than those
who pursue one or the other (Silverberg, Warner, Fong, & Goodwin, 2004; Plank, 2001; Stone & Aliaga, 2003)” (National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition, 2005, Career Preparatory
Experiences, ¶ 3).
What changes do we have to make to better prepare students for life,
work and learning?
The Future is Here: Emerging Technologies, Jobs and Strategies
www.kurzweilai.net/.../ SIN_headshot_highres.html
“We're doubling the rate of progress every decade, we'll see a century of progress--at today's rate--in only 25 calendar years.”
Kurzweil, KurzweilAI.net, March 7, 2001
Adapted from NSFNEURO NANO
BIOINFO
21st Century Architecture
NEURO NANO
BIOINFO
Adapted from NSF
21st Century Architecture
STEM Mergers
The number of jobs requiring technical training is growing at five times the rate of other occupations.Innovate America, U.S. Council on Competitiveness
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Where Are The Jobs?
Source: Career Pathways: Education with a Purpose, p. 35
Source: Achieve Texas: Lifelong Success for All Students, p. 3
1950 2004
“A serious lack of skilled workers will grow to 5.3 million in 2010 and to 14
million by 2015.”
–US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job Mergers
Medium to High Pay Jobs
KnowledgeJobs
SkillJobs
NextGenJobs
Academic Mergers
Med-to-High Skill and Professional Jobs
General Academics
Technical – Workforce Ed
Next GenEd
K-12
CTC – Workforce & Technical Programs
University
EmployersIndustry, Government, Military and Civil Society
Environmental System of Forces Globalization, Demography, Science & Technology
K-12
CTC – Workforce & Technical Programs
University
EmployersIndustry, Government, Military and Civil Society
Environmental System of Forces Globalization, Demography, Science & Technology
Strategies & Models
Academic Mergers
Liberal Arts
STEM CTE
x
Contextual
Theoretical Applied
TEAMS
Next Generation
Ed
TechnologyEngineeringArts (Liberal & Fine)
MathematicsScience
Maryland Comprehensive
Liberal Arts, STEM and CTE
Model
Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008
Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008
Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008
“…newer programs like Pre-engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Manufacturing Engineering Technologies, and Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness are attracting more and more students.”
Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008
The Future is Here: Emerging Technologies, Jobs and Strategies
October 4, 1957
GlobalS&T
Demography
Our Sputnik