STEM as Education for Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2019) | Viewed by 17010
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental education; STSE; STEM
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last decade, integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education has become increasingly popular. With its multi-faceted promise to attract a broader range of students to the sciences, to bring creativity and innovation into classrooms, and to tackle ‘real world’ problems, STEM initiatives have garnered significant funding, both public and private. It is believed that a STEM approach to thorny technical and physical problems will yield optimal results; thus, encouraging and supporting integrated STEM education strategies will develop citizens and scientists capable and competent to respond to difficult global problems.
Concurrently, the need for environmental and sustainability education remains a persistent and critical issue. Pressures on planetary systems continue to grow as close to eight billion humans consume resources, often with environmentally and socially disastrous consequences. If education is the key to mitigating environmental (and associated social) collapse, then perhaps both STEM and sustainability education have a role to play.
This Special Issue explores the intersection of STEM education and sustainability education—How can they inform each other? What role does/can STEM play in addressing global issues of environmental (and thus social) sustainability? Can STEM be considered a sustainability science? Researchers and educators are invited to submit papers that address aspects of “STEM as Education for Sustainability”. Research projects, program descriptions, case studies, and theoretical articles are welcome.
Dr. Astrid Steele
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- STEM
- sustainability education
- environmental education
