What is STEM?
1. How would you describe STEM education to a friend or family member in informal conversation? STEM education is an integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. There is often a misconception that each subject is a separate entity; however, STEM is a paradigm of crosscutting concepts that can be applied in the real world to solve problems. It reinforces critical thinking and common practices that are used in science, technology, engineering, and math classrooms. With that, STEM education creates critical thinkers, sets the pathway for the new generation of inventors, and increases science literacy. The world is becoming technology-dependent and STEM has an impact on technological advances especially with things like artificial intelligence, or AI. We have a duty, as teachers, to cultivate creative and innovative minds to help lead advances. 2. Why do you think STEM education is (or is not) important? There is a current push for increasing ...