Table of Contents

Introduction Andreas Hohlt, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Ortwin Renn and Dorothea Taube Part 1: STEM Education between Universalism and Cultural Relativism 1. Why 'Technology' is Not Universal: Philosophical Remarks on the Language and Culture Issue of STEM Education Nicole C. Karafyllis 2. Universals in STEM Education Interview with Heinz Duddeck (engineer) and Randolf Menzel (biologist) Part 2: STEM Education Worldwide: Perspectives on Situations in Six Countries 3. The Shift in Public Perception of Science and Science Education in Post-war Japan Takuji Okamoto 4. Gunpla Robot Toys and the Popularization of Robotics in Japan Cosima Wagner 5. From National Mission to What? Shifts in the Implications of Science and Technology in Korea Jung-Ok Ha 6. Challenges for STEM Education in India Sundar Sarukkai 7. Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes for STEM Education: Cases from the Indian Technology Cluster City of Hyderabad Nagalakshmi Chelluri and Avvari V. Mohan 8. Highlights of STEM Education in Egypt Ghada K. Gholam and Nasser Mansour 9. Tertiary Education in the GCC countries (UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia): How economy, Gender and Culture Affect the Field of STEM Nicole C. Karafyllis 10. Science Culture in Brazilian Society Simon Schwartzman 11. Policy Controversies in Science Education in Brazil: a Brief Overview Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Edilene Cruz 12. Closing the Achievement Gap and Building the Pipeline through STEM Education: A U.S. Perspective Yvonne M. Spicer 13. The NRC Framework and the Next Generation Science Standards: An Opportunity to Improve Science Education in the USA Arthur Eisenkraft Part 3: STEM Education from a Comparative Transnational Perspective 14. STEM Education From a Comparative Transnational Perspective: Results of a Group Delphi Process Dorothea Taube, Ortwin Renn and Andreas Hohlt 15. Lessons learned: Towards Unity in Diversity Andreas Hohlt, Ortwin Renn, Dorothea Taube and Nicole C. Karafyllis 16. Responding To Challenges Of Rapid Global Change By Strengthening Local STEM Education Ilan Chabay

About the Author

Ortwin Renn is Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart University, Germany, member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and was Spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures until December 2014.


Nicole C. Karafyllis is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, and was Deputy Spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities until December 2014.


Andreas Hohlt was Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany until December 2014.


Dorothea Taube was research associate for the Interdisciplinary Research Group TECHcultures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany until December 2014.