Outsourcing STEM Jobs: What STEM Educators Should Know

Autor/in	Hira, Ron
Titel	Outsourcing STEM Jobs: What STEM Educators Should Know
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Education and Technology, 28 (2019) 1, S.41-51 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hira, Ron)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-0145
DOI	10.1007/s10956-018-9747-z
Schlagwörter	Outsourcing; STEM Education; Labor Force; Costs; Business; Foreign Countries; Political Attitudes; Public Policy; Policy Analysis; Employment; Educational Change; Curriculum Development; Trend Analysis; Career Development; Supply and Demand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Cost; Kosten; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Ausland; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politikfeldanalyse; Dienstverhältnis; Bildungsreform; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Trendanalyse; Berufsentwicklung; Bedarfsplanung
Abstract	Outsourcing is a business strategy to cut costs by relocating jobs from high-cost countries, like the USA, to low-cost ones, like India. The practice involves moving the jobs and transferring knowledge, technologies, and capabilities. Outsourcing has been growing in scale and scope in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations, and it has implications for the current and future demand of STEM workers. Some jobs will be rendered obsolete as they migrate to low-cost locations, while others, which are complementary to outsourcing, will see demand increases. The paper reviews the theories about which jobs will be vulnerable to outsourcing and the empirical data. It describes the political and policy discussion about STEM outsourcing and how it has been coupled with the STEM workforce shortage debate. Lastly, it explores the implications for STEM educators, workers, and students. Many STEM jobs have already been outsourced and many more are vulnerable. STEM educators, workers, and students can take practical steps to adapt to outsourcing. STEM educators can modify curricula towards skill and knowledge areas less vulnerable to outsourcing and provide tools to students to become better stewards of their own careers. Workers can better steer their careers by closely tracking outsourcing trends. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01