The Search for Method in STEAM Education [electronic resource] /
Martinez, Jaime E.author.
This book explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder. Crucial to their success, Martinez finds, is the playful and performatory approach they employ in their teaching. Their practices are creative, improvisational, and inclusive, and are shared in detail through illustrations and interviews. Throughout the book, the author explores a Vygotskian cultural performatory approach to creating interdisciplinary STEAM learning environments, drawing out the history of this approach and its success in fostering collaboration, creativity, leadership, and communication skills, as well as its effect on social, emotional, and cognitive growth in both formal and informal educational settings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. The Education for Workforce Development Paradigm -- Chapter 2. Methodological Approaches to STEM/STEAM Learning  -- Chapter 3. Science -- Chapter 4. Technology -- Chapter 5. Engineering -- Chapter 6. Art -- Chapter 7. Math -- Chapter 8. Service-learning Project -- Chapter 9. Reflections.
This book explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder. Crucial to their success, Martinez finds, is the playful and performatory approach they employ in their teaching. Their practices are creative, improvisational, and inclusive, and are shared in detail through illustrations and interviews. Throughout the book, the author explores a Vygotskian cultural performatory approach to creating interdisciplinary STEAM learning environments, drawing out the history of this approach and its success in fostering collaboration, creativity, leadership, and communication skills, as well as its effect on social, emotional, and cognitive growth in both formal and informal educational settings.
Science
Educational technology.
Mathematics.
Curriculum planning.
Science Education.
Technology and Digital Education.
Creativity and Arts Education.
Mathematics Education.
Curriculum Studies.