The Case for STEM Education (NSTA Book)

The Case for STEM Education

ARLINGTON, Va. -- 

If you’re an education leader concerned with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives, NSTA’s new book, The Case for STEM Education, will prove valuable reading. The book starts by helping you develop an understanding of the historical and contemporary contexts of the STEM reform and the challenges facing STEM education. The author then explores appropriate roles for the federal government as well as states, districts and individual schools. Finally, the book offers several ideas you can use to develop actual action plans for implementing STEM instruction.

Throughout the book, author Rodger W. Bybee puts an emphasis on both thinking and acting. That’s why The Case for STEM Education is a must-read for leaders at all levels: national and state policy makers, state-level educators responsible for STEM initiatives, college and university faculty who educate future STEM teachers, local administrators who make decisions about district and school programs, and teachers who represent STEM disciplines.

Rodger W. Bybee is past executive director of the BSCS. He has been active in education for more than 30 years, having taught science at all levels. He has also written and edited numerous NSTA Press books, including The Teaching of Science: 21st-Century Perspectives.

You can browse sample pages of this new book for free at the NSTA Science Store website atwww.nsta.org/store.

For additional information or to purchase The Case for STEM Education, visit the NSTA Science Store atwww.nsta.org/store. To order by phone, call 800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET weekdays. The 116-page book is priced at $27.95 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $22.36. (Stock #PB337X, ISBN # 978-1-936959-25-9)

The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 50,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

NSTA Press produces 20–25 new books each year. Focused on the preK–college market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.