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ERIC Number: EJ1246896
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2381-5183
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A Postmathematical Topology of STEM Education Policy: Networks and Discursive Communities
Wolfmeyer, Mark
SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education, v3 n1 p13-25 2017
The paper provides a review of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education policy research completed thus far and continues by calling for STEM analysis that understands policy processes as governance rather than government. Instead of a fixed and easily locatable governmental structure by which one can analyze the nature of governing, governance is comprised of an always-shifting topological manifold. Using such theory, STEM education policy must be analyzed for its context and text. Using such analysis could suggest that the current policy directives in STEM education, including those laid out in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, are more related to an increase in the application of market logics to education "rather than" supportive of specific actions related to STEM teaching and learning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
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