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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I think we all know the answer to that question: so that people always have fodder to write these sorts of op-eds, debating the advantages and disadvantages of calculators in the classroom. ” – “ China’s STEM learning industry may reach $15 billion by 2020.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds that penalties for breaking NCAA rules are largely consistent across conference membership – and that men’s basketball and football account for the vast majority of violations.”