STEAM Curriculum
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas
A good curriculum must maintain balance throughout all of the parts that it is composed of. A good curriculum has a defined beginning and end, and it allows for others to be able to join in throughout the different stages that take place between the beginning and the end. The STEAM Education Curriculum is a good and useful tool which we can design for students to take on their journey from childhood to educated person.
Definition
The STEAM Education Curriculum is a pathway for students to take so they may become STEAM educated. It has a beginning, an end, and when it is completed, it should start all over again. The STEAM Education Curriculum should be like a cycle which flows constantly and efficiently for it to last and succeed.
The Five Strands
The STEAM Curriculum is founded on the five strands which are: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. These five strands are the foundation of the STEAM curriculum. By ensuring that the five strands are interconnected, balanced, and secured, we create a solid foundation upon which we can create a lasting STEAM curriculum.
Requirements
The STEAM Education Curriculum must require that the students: demonstrate their knowledge of the five strands, demonstrate how they can apply their knowledge to solve challenges, and demonstrate that they can argument their knowledge at a global level. By demonstrating these three requirements the student earns the right to be certified as having been educated in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.
Educators are entrusted to educate students, as they journey from childhood, and into our schools, where they become educated people. Students who become educated in STEAM and have access to a pathway that is based on a good STEAM Education Curriculum, will be able to develop the required skills that we will need to face the many challenges which the future may hold for us as a people.
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