Abstract
STEM is an educational concept about which little consensus has been reached as to what it is, and how it can be taught in schools. This study provides a snap shot of prominent contemporary research results contributing to better understanding of STEM and its implementation in education. In addition, this study tries to tackle an issue that school science has traditionally been built around well defined problems for learning purpose. As most real-world problems are ill-defined, this study proposes to implement the notion of STEM to help students acquire real-world problem-solving skills by engaging them in an engineering design process, in which students use the technology tools of graphic-based programming. The proposed learning practice is experiential task-based learning, in which students are forced to apply and acquire related science and mathematics knowledge during their engineering design process. It is hoped that related rationales and discussions will stimulates researchers and educators to adopt or tailor their own learning designs for the current generation of youngsters and promote the quality of teaching and learning in STEM.
Highlights
STEM is an educational concept about which little consensus has been reached as to what it is, and how it can be taught in schools
Ting for most high schools, the proposed graphic-based programming tools provide support and motivation for students participating in engineering design processes
There is little consensus about what STEM is, and how it can be taught in schools
Summary
STEM is an educational concept about which little consensus has been reached as to what it is, and how it can be taught in schools. Regarding each component in STEM, the S (Science), T (technology), and M (Mathematics) all have well-defined subject content and related courses in K-12 education. Katehi, Pearson, and Feder (2009) recommend that, in addition to developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills for mathematics, science, and technology, K-12 education should focus on engineering design. Engineering addressed here concerns the type that utilizes knowledge in science and mathematics as well as the use of technological tools. One constraint is the laws of nature, or science Other constraints include such things as time, economy, politics, social concerns, available materials, environmental regulations, manufacturability, and repairability. Awareness of these constraints result from knowledge of science
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