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Integrated STEM Educational Experience
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Added on 2020-04-07
Integrated STEM Educational Experience
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Running head: INTEGRATED STEM EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE1Integrated STEM Educational ExperienceStudent’s NameUniversity Affiliation
INTEGRATED STEM EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE2Integrated STEM Educational ExperiencePart 1IntroductionEducation is well known as one of the most capable and highly reliable way of success in individual’s life. This aspect makes it possible for a large number of individuals to be well conversant with the different ways through which they can manage to remain completely effective in the operations that they involve in and the way through which they can operate effectively. This aspect has led to many countries and governmental systems establishing effective and capable curriculums to ensure that they empower their students with the skills sets that they need to attain the ability of living better lives. In Australia, the government aims to integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) inthe educational program, with an aim of ensuring that all the students are provided with effective technological, scientific, and computing capabilities which will increase their skills in operation. This paper provides an eight week program, which is aimed at offering an integrated STEM educational experience. STEM overviewSTEM is a combination of four main subjects, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, which are all known to cover the most essential areas of study for students. In Australia, there is a significant need to enhance effectiveness in teaching these areas since by understanding them, students are regarded as individuals with the skills and capabilities that they need to be regarded as capable and effective. The competitiveness of the Australian educational system significantly relies on the ability of the students to be well conversant with these areas. The aim of STEM integration is enabling students to be able to utilize the knowledge they obtain from these pillar subjects in real life. Without a clear understanding of
INTEGRATED STEM EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE3how to carry these instances out effectively, it becomes completely difficult for individuals tobe capable and effective (Gregory, 2011).When an individual is taught about a certain subject, the knowledge obtained can onlybe useful to him or her when he or she has the ability to utilize that knowledge to sole real lifeproblems. With this regard, therefore, STEM integration aims to enable students to have the capabilities they need in order to be able to use the knowledge that they have obtain through learning in their daily ways of living. In order to ensure that every student has the ability to utilize the knowledge learned in each of these four main and highly essential areas, it is appropriate to establish a learning STEM program that will help the students learn and manage to implement their knowledge in real life situations (Gubnitskaia, & Smallwood, 2014).The eight week programThis program provides a plan that can be utilized in a learning system, to help students of anyeducational level to integrate STEM in their learning. The unit from the program is taken once every week and provides important information to students on how to implement skills in any of the four major areas described by STEM. WeekArea of StudyNo of lessonsper weekTime sessionSkills and content assessment1Mathematics1Morning session In this session, students should be taught how to solve problems in an effective manner. After the instructor has provided the necessary teachings, it is import ant to
INTEGRATED STEM EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE4Mathematics has a lot ofproblem solving and thus it is appropriate to utilize those teachings to enhance effectivenessof how students solve problems. The skills of application are also important for students tobe taught and enabled tounderstand. ensure that every student has understood what wastaught through an effective assessment.The assessment should be based on the teachings and the level that the students taking the unit are in. 2Technology1AfternoonsessionStudents should be taught how to utilize different forms of learning to utilize technology in a better way and ensure that all individuals remain fully capable of enhancing their effectiveness through its utilization. The current technological An assessment of theunderstanding that the individuals had isappropriate. This assessment is aimed at determining whether the students attain an understanding of technological aspectsand the means through which the technology is of benefit to other
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