STEM Education Teaching approach: Inquiry from the Context Based

Abstract

This study aimed to develop theoretical framework for STEM teaching strategies in school setting. The paper clarified what the worldwide leaders and educators’ beliefs, focuses, and actions of STEM education; what the conceptions of STEM education should be provided for teachers; Suggested STEM education teaching in aspect of practicing knowledge in real world through STS approach, concept of technology and engineering reserved for STEM education; the implementation of Yuenyong (2006)’ s STS approach for enhancing students’ applying scientific and other knowledge for designing the solutions in real-world problems. Based on these literatures, this paper will propose the practical idea of STEM education teaching approach which integration key concepts among problem based, project based, inquiry, design, and a real world problem solving as STS. The paper, therefore, propose the theoretical framework of STEM education teaching approach as inquiry from the context based. The teaching approach consists of 7 stages. These include (1) Identification of social issues, (2) Identification of potential solution, (3) Need for knowledge, (4) Decision-making, (5) Development of prototype or product, (6) Test and evaluate the Solution, and (7) Socialization and completion decision stage. The paper discussed more details of each stage.