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Barnett, Meredith – Principal, 2012
Business leaders, like education leaders, are acutely aware of what this could mean for the future of this country: Young people might be unprepared for rewarding jobs and the demands of informed citizenship, businesses may not find the talent they need to keep innovating, and the economy may stagnate with too little innovation. To turn the tide,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, STEM Education
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Van Wylen, David G. L.; Abdella, Beth R. J.; Dickinson, Shelly D.; Engbrecht, Jason J.; Vandiver, Rebecca – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Twenty-first-century biology is inherently interdisciplinary. Every aspect of biology, from molecules to organisms to ecosystems, is richly informed by the physical, mathematical, and computational sciences. It is both an exciting and daunting time for biology educators--exciting because of the vast opportunity for important new discoveries that…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Biology, Unified Studies Curriculum, Case Studies
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Sisk, Dorothy A. – Gifted and Talented International, 2010
This article presents the author's response to Hisham B. Ghassib's article entitled "Where Does Creativity Fit into a Productivist Industrial Model of Knowledge Production?" Ghassib (2010) outlines a Productivist Industrial Model of Knowledge Production, in which he calls the knowledge enterprise an industry in which creativity and innovation play…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Creativity, Criticism, Reader Response
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Hue, Gillian; Sales, Jessica; Comeau, Dawn; Lynn, David G.; Eisen, Arri – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Significant limitations have emerged in America's science training pipeline, including inaccessibility, inflexibility, financial limitations, and lack of diversity. We present three effective programs that collectively address these challenges. The programs are grounded in rigorous science and integrate through diverse disciplines across…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Course Improvement Projects, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Programs