Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities.
This chapter describes how effective integrated curricula with an out-of-school component encourage students to develop their STEM understanding and skills in at least three ways. First, by testing the disciplinary knowledge they have learned in real-world, authentic contexts, students come to appre...
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| description | This chapter describes how effective integrated curricula with an out-of-school component encourage students to develop their STEM understanding and skills in at least three ways. First, by testing the disciplinary knowledge they have learned in real-world, authentic contexts, students come to appreciate that good understanding requires balance; that disciplinary knowledge must be complemented with interdisciplinary or integrated knowledge. Second, by investigating issues outside of the classroom, students experience a sense of the “bigger picture”, enabling them to see how what they have learned can contribute to STEM-related issues beyond their classroom. Third, when students work on issues that are important to the local community and face matters relating to social values and diversity, they have opportunities to develop their senses of social and ecojustice. Three research-based examples of integrated STEM learning are analysed in terms of the OECD dimensions of creativity and critical thinking – inquiring, imagining, doing, reflecting – to illustrate how guiding students to interact with local, place-based, or community issues can benefit not only their creativity and critical thinking, but enhance their skills of communication and collaboration. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-884032022-05-31T03:00:15Z Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. Rennie, Leonie Berry, Amanda Buntting, Cathy Corrigan, Deborah Gunstone, Richard Jones, Alister 1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy This chapter describes how effective integrated curricula with an out-of-school component encourage students to develop their STEM understanding and skills in at least three ways. First, by testing the disciplinary knowledge they have learned in real-world, authentic contexts, students come to appreciate that good understanding requires balance; that disciplinary knowledge must be complemented with interdisciplinary or integrated knowledge. Second, by investigating issues outside of the classroom, students experience a sense of the “bigger picture”, enabling them to see how what they have learned can contribute to STEM-related issues beyond their classroom. Third, when students work on issues that are important to the local community and face matters relating to social values and diversity, they have opportunities to develop their senses of social and ecojustice. Three research-based examples of integrated STEM learning are analysed in terms of the OECD dimensions of creativity and critical thinking – inquiring, imagining, doing, reflecting – to illustrate how guiding students to interact with local, place-based, or community issues can benefit not only their creativity and critical thinking, but enhance their skills of communication and collaboration. 2021 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88403 10.1007/978-3-030-85300-6_7 English Springer, Cham restricted |
| spellingShingle | 1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy Rennie, Leonie Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| title | Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| title_full | Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| title_fullStr | Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| title_short | Stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated STEM education: The contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| title_sort | stimulating creativity and critical thinking in integrated stem education: the contribution of out-of-school activities. |
| topic | 1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88403 |