STEAM Education is founded in a learning process that incorporates science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Students who learn by using the STEAM Education process have the benefit of developing skills which allows them to draw from all strands. By drawing from all strands students develop a multiple subject approach which they can apply to academic and real life challenges. Educators benefit from STEAM Education by having the opportunity to teach by creating lesson plans that reach out beyond the limitations of a single subject. Faculty members can work together and develop a collaborative curriculum that breaks the walls of independently structured subject based frameworks.
STEAM Education should be carefully planned and researched by a STEAM team. The STEAM team should also seek the support of administrators, parents, students, and community leaders to develop the best possible plan for the school. By having an open dialog with these various sources of knowledge and experience, the STEAM team cam make the best possible recommendation for the school to implement and the students to succeed. With continued support, the STEAM team should be able to continue the development and growth of the program.
The importance of STEAM Education to our community is in the preparation of students with today's knowledge and skills for tomorrow's education and careers. STEAM Education will allow today's students to face tomorrow's challenges not just by thinking outside the box, but by reaching to other boxes for ideas. They will have the opportunity to be flexible in their problem solving approach by drawing from establish core areas of study which have been proven to be fundamental since past time to a diverse number of professionals, and have allow for the development of some of the world's great cultures.
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
