STEAM is the integration of the areas in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, integration that can take place in different ways or scopes. The purpose is to develop in students 21st century skills that allow them to function competently in the real world, through the solution of real problems in their social context.
It constitutes a pedagogical approach that seeks to consolidate efforts to achieve the integration of academic disciplines for the development of learning and skills in the context of globalization and technology, in such a way that there is greater cognitive depth and meaning for students.
Characteristics of the STEAM Model
There are certain characteristics that allow us to identify if a significant development experience is oriented under the STEAM approach, among them we have:
Student role
It is part of the process from the first moment and must be responsible for its own learning with concrete actions that allow it to be integrated into the development of the entire activity.
You must always be aware that, in the process of inquiry, there is no single path to knowledge. At the end, and throughout the process, you must carry out processes of reasoning and reflection on the strategies and actions that allowed you to learn.
Teacher’s Role
Student guide through the process, facilitator of scientific learning, generator of cognitive conflict(s) through questions and questioning.
The same facilitator is subject to doubt and improvement, ceasing to be the possessor of all knowledge.
