This book addresses how forward-thinking local communities are
integrating pre-college STEM education, STEM pedagogy, industry
clusters, college programs, and local, state and national policies
to improve educational experiences, drive local development, gain
competitive advantage for the communities, and lead students to
rewarding careers. This book consists of three sections:
foundational principles, city/regional case studies from across the
globe, and state and national context. The authors explore the
hypothesis that when pre-college STEM education is integrated with
city and regional development, regions can drive a virtuous cycle
of education, economic development, and quality of life. Why should
pre-college STEM education be included in regional technology
policy? When local leaders talk about regional policy, they usually
talk about how government, universities and industry should work
together. This relationship is important, but what about the
hundreds of millions of pre-college students, taught by tens of
millions of teachers, supported by hundreds of thousands of
volunteers, who deliver STEM education around the world? Leaders in
the communities featured in STEM in the Technopolis have recognized
the need to prepare students at an early age, and the power of
real-world connections in the process. The authors advocate for
this approach to be expanded. They describe how STEM pedagogy,
priority industry clusters, cross-sector collaboration, and the
local incarnations of global development challenges can be made to
work together for the good of all citizens in local communities.
This book will be of interest to government policymakers, school
administrators, industry executives, and non-profit executives. The
book will be useful as a reference to teachers, professors,
industry professional volunteers, non-profit staff, and program
leaders who are developing, running, or teaching in STEM programs
or working to improve quality of life in their communities.
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