STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics?
Where exactly does Technology and Engineering fit into the grand scheme of things? The traditional sciences of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, and Mathematics are respected subjects and facilitating subjects at A Level. Technology and engineering subjects are deemed to be unimportant minor subjects - such as Electronics, Engineering, or D&T - Systems and Control at GCSE, and Electronics is not a facilitating subject at A Level. Even the new Computer Science A Level is not a facilitating subject so could be viewed as inferior to traditional science A Levels. I also believe that this effect will propagate downwards and jeopardise the Computer Science GCSE. There are also other science GCSEs - such as Astronomy and Environmental Science - and the statistics GCSE but they are considered to be minor subjects.
Do you think that technology and engineering subjects are badly marginalised and STEM doesn't really live up to its name?