Abstract
Edutainment has recently been a major growing area of education, showing great promise to motivate students with relevant activities. The authors are among innovators who have developed cutting-edge fusions of popular culture and STEM concepts to engage and to motivate middle school students, using vehicles such as music/song and skateboarding. The importance of using relevant and practical methods of instruction and curriculum delivery that build on student interests and increase enjoyment in the learning process are critical at the middle school level, especially in the STEM fields. The use of edutainment in this manner is meant to inspire broader interest in mathematics and science for middle school students and to develop a culture of education that makes learning more accessible to all students. This paper surveys and illustrates the use of such immersive modalities to involve middle school students actively with concepts and suggests further directions for the use of demonstrations and videos in educational settings.
Highlights
Edutainment has recently been a major growing area of education, showing great promise to motivate students with relevant activities
The authors are among innovators who have developed cuttingedge fusions of popular culture and science, mathematics, engineering and mathematics (STEM) concepts to engage and to motivate middle school students, using vehicles such as music/song and skateboarding
The importance of using relevant and practical methods of instruction and curriculum delivery that build on student interests and increase enjoyment in the learning process are critical at the middle school level, especially in the STEM fields
Summary
Edutainment has recently been a major growing area of education, showing great promise to motivate students with relevant activities. The authors are among innovators who have developed cuttingedge fusions of popular culture and science, mathematics, engineering and mathematics (STEM) concepts to engage and to motivate middle school students, using vehicles such as music/song and skateboarding. The use of edutainment in this manner is meant to inspire broader interest in mathematics and science for middle school students and to develop a culture of education that makes learning more accessible to all students. This paper surveys the use of such immersive modalities (including some specific vignettes) to involve middle school students actively with concepts and suggests further directions for the use of demonstrations and videos in educational settings. The purpose of this article is to focus on edutainment in the specific context of STEM education, chronicling large-scale interactions (as opposed to, for example, digital games individuals can play) with students, teachers and community members involving relevant content in student-centered contexts
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