Identifying 21st Century STEM Competencies Using Workplace Data

• Published in: Journal of science education and technology Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 284 - 301
• Main Author: Jang, Hyewon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Science+Business Media LLC 01.04.2016; Springer Netherlands; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 21st century; 21st Century Skills; Analysis; Career development; Career Readiness; Communication Skills; Comparative Analysis; Computer Literacy; Consumer information; Critical Thinking; Education; Education Work Relationship; Educational Change; Educational Technology; Engineering; Engineering Education; Engineering schools; Federal agencies; Information Literacy; Interrater Reliability; Job Skills; Knowledge management; Learning strategies; Mathematical knowledge; Mathematics Education; Methods; Problem Solving; Reliability engineering; Science Education; Skill Development; Skills; Social engineering; STEM Education; Technical education; Technological Literacy; Technology Education; Thinking Skills; Work Environment; Workers; Workplaces; 21st century skills; STEM competencies; STEM education; Education policy; ONET; Engineering criteria

Gaps between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and required workplace skills have been identified in industry, academia, and government. Educators acknowledge the need to reform STEM education to better prepare students for their future careers. We pursue this growin...