What’s the most effective way to dumb down a nation?
Focus on How without Why.
That’s really the biggest problem with the pedagogical fad of STEM education.
There’s nothing objectively wrong with teaching science, technology, engineering and math – the disciplines that make up STEM.
In many cases, doing so is essential to a well-rounded education.
But therein lies the problem – you can’t have a well-rounded education if you purposely leave out some of the most vital aspects of knowledge.
Where’s the art? Where’s the literature? Where’s the social studies, government, citizenship, drawing, painting, music – heck! Where’s the philosophical understanding of life, itself?
STEM initiatives often involve creating two tiers of school subjects. You have the serious disciplines that will earn you respect and a job. And you have the soft, mamby pamby humanities that are no good to anyone.
The problem is one of…
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