Το S.T.E.M. στην Πρωτοβάθμια και Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση ως δυνητικός παράγων ανάπτυξης στην οικονομία: Επισκόπηση της Διεθνούς Βιβλιογραφίας

Abstract

The present paper is concerned with international literature review on STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) highlighting the contribution of STEM topics to education and economy. It presents the educational policies of countries implementing STEM in education (The USA, the U.K., Germany, China, Australia, India) aiming at skills improvement in ICT, creativity, cooperation, team work, social and communicative skills.  Furthermore, it presents a review of published research that answers the question: Does STEM education contribute to the growth of the economy, the core of which is research and innovation? Particularly today, that we are living in the era of the “knowledge of the economy”, the “triangle of knowledge” (Education-Research-Innovation) constitutes a basic factor of competition, with STEM possibly being another important factor to promote economy growth.