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“A Mathematician, a Physicist and an Engineer”: The Meaning of “M” in STEM

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In the recent decades, the “STEM” acronym became a consistent part of different governments’ calls for revamping education, synchronizing it with workforce with skills appropriate for the new century. While the original intention was to increase enrollment into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields of study, in time, it opened up discussions about the nature of STEM-related skills, and a possible creation of the unified field of study and its place in the school curriculum.

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    Dragana Martinovic

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Martinovic, D. (2019). “A Mathematician, a Physicist and an Engineer”: The Meaning of “M” in STEM. In: Danesi, M. (eds) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math Cognition. Mathematics in Mind. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22537-7_17

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