Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
Start Date
25-4-1991 1:00 PM
End Date
25-4-1991 4:00 PM
Description
The national space policy for the United States establishes a plan for future exploration of the solar system. This plan includes the Space Station Freedom, a journey back to the Moon to stay, and then-a journey into tomorrow-a human mission to Mars.1 This exploration, the Space Exploration Initiative, plays a vital role in the education of today's young people. Future space exploration can help revitalize our educational system.
In President George Bush's "State of the Union" address on January 31,1990, he stated:
By the year 2000 f every child must start school ready to learn. The United States must increase the high school graduation rate to no less than 90%. In critical subjects, at the fourth, eighth, and 12th grades, we must assess our students' performance. U.S. students must be the first in the world in math and science achievement. Every American adult must be a skilled, literate worker and citizen. Every school must offer the kind of disciplined environment that makes it possible for our kids to learn. And every school must be drug free.
These are monumental goals for educational reform. The student test scores across the country are some of the lowest in all of the industrialized nations. According to a 1988 study by the Educational Testing Service, 58% of American 13-year-olds cannot solve simple scientific problems and 62% spend less than one hour a week on math homework.2 The responsibility for educational reform lies with the state governments, not among federal powers. "Along with local governments, states pay 86% of America's education bill."3 Even a doubling in spending in the 1980's did not increase the standardized test scores.4 The private industrial sector of the United States must help in this effort to revitalize the American educational system. We must find ways to inspire our young to excel in science, mathematics and general education. Money alone will not solve our dilemma.
The industrial sector of the United States has a vested interest in the education of our children... The National Science Foundation estimates that there will be a shortage of 675,000 scientists and engineers and 20,000 math and science teachers by the year 2000, 5 Stephen Bechtel Jr.., head of Bechtel Corporation, one of the nation's leading engineering
Paper Session III-A - Excellence in Education Through Space Exploration
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
The national space policy for the United States establishes a plan for future exploration of the solar system. This plan includes the Space Station Freedom, a journey back to the Moon to stay, and then-a journey into tomorrow-a human mission to Mars.1 This exploration, the Space Exploration Initiative, plays a vital role in the education of today's young people. Future space exploration can help revitalize our educational system.
In President George Bush's "State of the Union" address on January 31,1990, he stated:
By the year 2000 f every child must start school ready to learn. The United States must increase the high school graduation rate to no less than 90%. In critical subjects, at the fourth, eighth, and 12th grades, we must assess our students' performance. U.S. students must be the first in the world in math and science achievement. Every American adult must be a skilled, literate worker and citizen. Every school must offer the kind of disciplined environment that makes it possible for our kids to learn. And every school must be drug free.
These are monumental goals for educational reform. The student test scores across the country are some of the lowest in all of the industrialized nations. According to a 1988 study by the Educational Testing Service, 58% of American 13-year-olds cannot solve simple scientific problems and 62% spend less than one hour a week on math homework.2 The responsibility for educational reform lies with the state governments, not among federal powers. "Along with local governments, states pay 86% of America's education bill."3 Even a doubling in spending in the 1980's did not increase the standardized test scores.4 The private industrial sector of the United States must help in this effort to revitalize the American educational system. We must find ways to inspire our young to excel in science, mathematics and general education. Money alone will not solve our dilemma.
The industrial sector of the United States has a vested interest in the education of our children... The National Science Foundation estimates that there will be a shortage of 675,000 scientists and engineers and 20,000 math and science teachers by the year 2000, 5 Stephen Bechtel Jr.., head of Bechtel Corporation, one of the nation's leading engineering
Comments
Space Education
Session Chairman: Barbara Morgan, NASA’s “Teacher in Space” Designee, NASA, Education Affairs Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Session Organizer: Gerard Ventre, Acting Director, Space Education and Research Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL