Educational Technology

October 5, 2018

Early STEM exposure is key for the future of the workforce

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:40 am

BY LAURA ASCIONE, eSchool News
A survey reveals that younger STEM workers had greater STEM exposure in early elementary school.  More than half of today’s adult workers (62 percent) say they were never exposed to STEM-related studies and career possibilities in elementary school, according to a survey from littleBits and YouGov. The findings support other research indicating that early exposure to STEM courses helps students stick with these studies even as the material becomes more challenging in high school and college. U.S. workers with 1-2 years of STEM workforce experience say they had the highest exposure to STEM concepts in elementary school–46 percent of adults in this group experienced a science- or math-related track in school, and 53 percent of this group are working in a job that either entirely or heavily involves STEM.

Early STEM exposure is key for the future of the workforce

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