More and more parents and educators talk about STEAM education, but not many people really understand its origin.
The idea of STEAM education was first put forward by the American government in K 12, aiming at strengthening the education of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. The original body of STEAM is the concept of STEM, that is, the initials of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Later, he joined ARTARTARTS, representing arts, music, society, language and other humanities.
These five subjects constitute interdisciplinary education. Different from the traditional single discipline and book-based education, it emphasizes interdisciplinary and practicality.
In other words, STEAM education is to cultivate children's ability and core competitiveness to face infinite unknown problems in the future through project inquiry and hands-on practice-learning interest, innovation ability, independent thinking ability, hands-on ability and problem-solving ability.
It seems difficult to understand, but it is actually very easy to understand.
A new model of STEAM education that subverts traditional learning.
If you think that the superposition of the letters STEAM is equal to the "hodgepodge" of these disciplines, it is all wet!
In fact, STEAM education is not only advocating learning these five subjects.
Compared with traditional teaching aimed at acquiring knowledge, STEAM pays more attention to helping children to stimulate their interest in learning and gain learning experience. Through this kind of study, children can not only learn a lot of interdisciplinary knowledge, but also cultivate the ability to use their hands and brains and find the connection between knowledge and practice.
For children in China, the most prominent advantage of STEAM education is that it can stimulate children's interest in learning and help them cultivate curiosity and creativity.
Children's learning is almost the top priority of parents in China, and it is also the most energetic and worrying thing.
Especially after the double reduction, in the absence of external intervention, the real test is not only family education, but also children's independent learning ability.
So, how can children learn actively?
The key is to stimulate children's interest in learning.
Countless facts tell us that interest can really affect a person's growth direction. As long as the method is proper, children may really "actively fall in love with learning".
The significance of interest lies in that it encourages children to have enthusiasm for active learning and exploration, and then achieves a special ability.
The STEAM education we are talking about today is an excellent way to stimulate children's interest in learning.
First of all, STEAM education emphasizes "playing with middle school", and naughty children can also stimulate their interest in learning under this educational model!
Secondly, STEAM education is problem-oriented, so that children can get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in exploration. In this way, students' interest and curiosity can be fully mobilized.
Only by arousing children's interest can we really awaken their innate learning ability and creative potential.
From this point alone, we can see the significance of letting children receive STEAM education.
If you don't pay attention to STEAM, children will really lose at the starting line!
This sentence is really not alarmist.
Rejecting "involution" does not mean that we can let the child "lie flat"
But under the guidance of scientific education methods
Choose an educational method that is most beneficial to children's present and future.
Why is it important for children to receive STEAM education?
0 1? Layout the future in advance
As the article said at the beginning, the future competition is no longer the competition between people, even between people and machines. And our traditional education is far from satisfying the cultivation of such talents.
According to the report of the U.S. Department of Education, from 2065,438+00 to 2020, the number of STEAM jobs in the United States increased by 65,438+04%, which far exceeded the average number of jobs in most industries in China by 5-8%.
It can be predicted that this change will soon affect our country.
The future society will present an unprecedented demand for such people. Students who have laid a solid foundation in STEAM education will be more competitive in the workplace and have a much greater chance of getting better development than others.
Therefore, it can be seen that letting children get in touch with STEAM education early can get more returns in the future.
02? Children have better comprehensive ability.
Nowadays, the society emphasizes more and more high-quality compound talents, and STEAM education is only an interdisciplinary and integrated form.
In STEAM teaching, children's comprehensive ability is very important. Among them, the most important purpose is to help children with the help of the learning process, that is, to establish thinking habits and let children have the ability to explore and solve problems independently.
Children who have been exposed to and received STEAM education since childhood are better at dealing with comprehensive problems such as science and technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
They can use scientific thinking to solve problems in life and study, constantly draw inferences from others and challenge themselves.
Whether it is the ability to ask and solve problems, or the ability to do things, teamwork and so on. It can be said that STEAM really cultivates children's skills and understanding in all aspects.
03? Protect children's curiosity
Protecting children's curiosity is the basis to guide children to learn to think and stimulate their interest in learning.
Curiosity is the nature of children, the reflection of children's thirst for knowledge and the generation of children's wisdom. In addition, children's interest in learning is often associated with curiosity.
Curiosity is the driving force for children to think and explore learning.
STEAM education leaves the opportunity to ask questions to children and lets them be the protagonists themselves. Children need to find their own solutions, and there is no standard answer.
In this process, children take the initiative to think, and then combine practice and exploration to find their own answers. With this sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, we can really protect children's curiosity and stimulate their innate creative potential.
In addition, STEAM can also cultivate a child with a larger pattern and a global vision.
As a more open and global educational concept, STEAM enables children to get familiar with international rules earlier, have an international vision and participate in international competition, so that they can have a bigger development platform in the future.
In short, STEAM is more than just a craze. Only by clarifying its connotation and what it can bring to us can we truly understand STEAM education and give full play to its educational significance.