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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Precollege Convergence Education

Authors : R. P. H. Chang, Jennifer M. Shanahan, Matthew Hsu

Published in: Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Education is a long-term investment. If society is to reap the benefits of convergence technologies in decades to come, a convergence culture must be established at the precollege level. All students, regardless of their future careers, must have the opportunity to develop a strong foundation in systems thinking, grounded in a deep and flexible understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), the social sciences, the arts and the humanities. This chapter describes a conceptual framework for convergence learning in the formal precollege education setting. It is based on the successful Materials World Modules program developed for precollege students over a 22-year period at Northwestern University.

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Metadata
Title
Precollege Convergence Education
Authors
R. P. H. Chang
Jennifer M. Shanahan
Matthew Hsu
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-07051-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-07052-0

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07052-0_72

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