World Technopolis Review

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  • Pages.153-164
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  • 2014
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  • 2234-4594(pISSN)
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  • 2508-8882(eISSN)
세계과학도시연합 (World Technopolis Association)
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STEM Education and Sustainable Growth in Regions: Lessons Learned from the U.S. WIRED Program Evaluation

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It is recent that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education emerged as a great concern of the U.S. policy makers in terms of securing national and regional competitiveness. However, few attempts to embrace STEM education as a source for sustainable regional growth have been made mainly due to methodological challenges. This paper investigates the role of STEM education in achieving sustainable economic growth. For the purpose of the paper, a U.S. federal workforce development program named Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) in Southeastern Virginia that was implemented between 2007 and 2010 is selected and evaluated qualitatively. By identifying three themes as a result of three-stage coding methods, the evaluation results call for particular attention of local policy makers and key stakeholders to STEM education as a source of sustainable long-term economic growth in regions.

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