Invest in minds not maths

• Autores: Michael Brooks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2948-2949, 2013, pág. 38
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Brooks explains why people should focus on simply turning out agile thinkers instead of trying to educate more scientists or engineers. Pushing more students towards STEM courses in the UK without ensuring they learn more than just fact-farting and number-juggling may fill entry-level jobs. But the best thinkers, looking for interesting, well-paid work, are all too easily tempted away from applying their skills to the big science challenges of the 21st century. He comments that the STEM mantra won't create industries and innovations that drive a flourishing economy, and it won't bring through those who will solve the problems of climate change and energy, food and water scarcity. He stresses that now is the time to acknowledge that the rationale for the STEM push has run out of steam.