STEM LEARNING
STEM Education is interdisciplinary approach to learning that removes
traditional barriers separating the four discipline of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics and integrates them into real-world, rigorous and
relevant learning experience for student.
STEM focus on integration, establish relevance
and emphasize 21st century skills. There are three approaches to
integrated STEM which is Multidisciplinary Integration (or Thematic
Integration), Interdisciplinary integration and trans-disciplinary integration.
Multidisciplinary
integration
|
Interdisciplinary
integration
|
Transdisciplinary
|
Connects
the individual discipline by organizing curriculum around common theme such
as oceans or pirates that provide coherent learning experiences and shows that
we can learn topic in different ways
|
Combine learning goals from two discipline to form a single key concept skill. For
example, the earning goals of science focuses on the difference between
planets and the learning goals of math focus on the ability to apply the use
of ratio
|
Focus
on real-world problem or project that makes student apply knowledge and
skills from two or more discipline. For example, study about moon that
include science to know the weather, English to do report and Math for the
distance between earth and moon.
|