Winner of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award for 2016 Philosophy of STEM Education uses philosophical methods to investigate STEM education's purpose and assumptions. It details the why (axiology), the how (epistemology) and the what (ontology) of STEM by drawing upon a variety of philosophies of education, science, mathematics, and technology.

Autorentext
Nataly Z. Chesky is Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at the State University of New York at New Paltz, USA.
 
Mark R. Wolfmeyer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, Kutztown University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Stem Education
2. STEM ' 's What, Why and How?: Ontology, Axiology and Epistemology
3. Critical Inquiry into Stem Education
4. Critical Opportunities in Stem Education
5. Concluding Thoughts