New Directions of STEM Research and Learning in the World Ranking Movement A Comparative Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hawkins, John N. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yamada, Aki (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yamada, Reiko (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jacob, W. James (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International and Development Education
• Subjects: International education .; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Mathematics-Study and teaching .; Science education.; Higher education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Mathematics Education.; Science Education.; Higher Education.

This volume analyzes the dominance of STEM fields in various university rankings and the reasons why many governments in the world disproportionately give value to STEM fields. Secondly, although there is general agreement that STEM fields are important, chapter authors also examine the role of inte...