· Nearly four in five STEM college students said they decided to study STEM in high school or earlier (78 percent). One in five (21 percent) decided in middle school or earlier.· More than half (57 percent) of STEM college students said that before going to college, a teacher or class got them interested in STEM (20 percent).· Only one in five STEM college students felt that their K–12 education prepared them extremely well for their college courses in STEM.As regards technical skills, where they are taught, they are often theoretical in nature and not applied, and there is no interconnectedness that is either taught or implied; consequently, graduates with such technical skills often need to be retrained at great expense by employers to be effective. With respect to 21st Century Skills, which are necessary for people to live, work and prosper, they are simply not taught in the classroom or are not taught consistently and effectively.For today’s students to be successful in tomorrow’s world of work, they need to be introduced to and excited by the possibilities of technical education early on and they need to do so in a way that favors collaboration, communication, and other 21st century skills that are ultimately also part of innovation.
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