New Directions of STEM Research and Learning in the World Ranking Movement: A Comparative Perspective

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This volume analyzes the dominance of STEM fields in various university rankings and the reasons why many governments in the world disproportionately give value to STEM fields. Secondly, although there is general agreement that STEM fields are important, chapter authors also examine the role of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches for a revised STEM education as well as implications for the future. The book presents examples from the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi Educational Policy Across the World: How STEM Disciplines Deal with Twenty-First Century Learning Outcomes and Challenges (Reiko Yamada)....Pages 1-16 STEM and the History of the University Ranking Movement: Contextualizing Trends in Methodologies and Criteria (William R. Stevenson III)....Pages 17-29 STEM and Underrepresented Populations: What’s at Stake (Tristan Ivory)....Pages 31-41 Exploring the Relationship Between STEM Research and World Higher Education Rankings: The Case of Taiwan (Jason Cheng-Cheng Yang)....Pages 43-63 Finding the Humanities in STEM: Anthropological Reflections from Working at the Intersection (Grant Jun Otsuki)....Pages 65-78 Developing Global Competencies Through Interdisciplinary Studies: Why Collaboration Is Important Between STEM and Non-STEM Students (Aki Yamada)....Pages 79-96 Not Just a Technical Problem: The Intersections of STEM and Social Science in Addressing Global Poverty (Christopher S. Collins)....Pages 97-110 Developing the Humanities Competencies of STEM Undergraduate Students: New Challenges for Korean Higher Education (Byung Shik Rhee)....Pages 111-125 Cultivating Students’ Diverse Abilities Through Arts Education: Emergence of the STEAM Perspective (Yi Yang)....Pages 127-139 STEM Education in a Changing Society: Japanese Experience and Urgent Problems to Be Solved (Masaaki Ogasawara)....Pages 141-155 Concluding Remarks (Aki Yamada)....Pages 157-160 Back Matter ....Pages 161-164