Wanted: Well-Rounded Students Who Can Think

The author states that the U.S. is at risk of falling behind in the global economic competition because too few of the young people are choosing to study fields like engineering and science. A 2005-06 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index survey found that while American teenagers are comfortable with rapid...

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Published inThe Education digest Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 58 - 62
Main Author Clough, G. Wayne
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ann Arbor Prakken Publications 01.10.2008
Prakken Publications, Inc
Subjects
Adolescents
Careers
Chat rooms
Critical Thinking
Curricula
Educational Change
Engineering
Engineering research
Environmental economics
Expansion
Georgia
Ideology
Interdisciplinary Approach
International Education
Kindergarten students
Learning
Magnet schools
Mathematics education
Mathematics teachers
Minority students
Problem Solving
Public schools
Science
Science Education
Secondary schools
Student Attitudes
Teacher education
Technological change
Undergraduate Study
United States
Youth
United States
Georgia
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Summary:The author states that the U.S. is at risk of falling behind in the global economic competition because too few of the young people are choosing to study fields like engineering and science. A 2005-06 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index survey found that while American teenagers are comfortable with rapid technological change and optimistic about the potential for innovation to solve society's problems, they tend not to be interested in careers in science or technology for themselves. In this article, the author shares how the administrators at Georgia Tech make science and technology more attractive to today's youth. The author said that by the time students reach college, they should be well on their way to knowing how to reason, compare, analyze, and define problems as well as to solve them. To produce these value-added skills, Georgia Tech is reshaping its undergraduate education experience, making it both broader and deeper as well as more flexible and interdisciplinary. In addition, Georgia Tech created new interdisciplinary degree programs. They are also educating citizens who are comfortable with diverse cultures, languages, and ways of thinking, and problem solving.
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ISSN:0013-127X
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