HU assistant professor in the Department of Professional Education, Dr. Clair Berube, has recently written a book on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching, which focuses on problem-based learning as effective teaching.
Her new book, “STEM and the City,” which was published on May 30 features chapters that are insightful and send an urgency for a change toward “The Future of American Stem Education,” hence, the title of her book’s concluding chapter.
“If STEM careers are the future driving force of the American economy; and if only an anointed few American students choose STEM as a career path, where will that leave us as a nation as we strive to compete on the global stage?” said Berube.
Berube said that she wrote, “STEM and the City” to address the anti-science mentality and to discuss the importance of STEM education in American schools, specifically those in urban communities. She also wrote about how race and gender issues influence STEM education.
Berube received a B.A. in Psychology from Virginia Wesleyan College, and a B.S., Masters, and Ph.D in Urban Education from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. Before teaching at HU, she taught at CUNY, Old Dominion University, Wagner College, and the College of Staten Island.
Among several published articles about STEM and general education, she also wrote, “The Unfinished Quest (2008),” “The Plight of Progressive Science Education in the Age of Standards (2008),” and “The X Factor; Personality Traits of Exceptional Science Teachers (2010). Additionally, she co-authored “The End of School Reform (2006),” and "Moral University (2010)," which she had the enjoyment to write with her husband Maurice Berube, who is a retired professor in education at Old Dominion University.
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