What does a STEM education look like?A STEM education is not just something we do. It's our opportunity to further develop 21st Century learning skills. Succeeding with STEM requires us to use inquiry-based, student-centered, skill-driven approaches to teaching and learning. At the heart of a STEM education is innovation. This is what our students need to solve the problems and challenges we currently face and those they will face in the future.
This is a STEM teacher's mindset. This is our challenge. How do we do this? By teaching knowing and doing . . . create products learn through failures continual reflection and refinement present ideas By allowing for creativity . . . maintain academic rigor, while allowing students to think outside the box By emphasizing teamwork . . . move beyond group work or cooperative learning stress team collaboration and work ethic By starting with questions . . . engage them with questions that are interesting and meaningful engage them with questions that have real-world applications Thoughts and ideas from Thom Markham |
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