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STEAM vs STEM Education
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:26 pm
With the “A” being Arts. Is this a new progressive approach to STEM education? I saw an advertisement for this and had not seen it before. It’s always been just STEM.
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Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:28 pm to meeple
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This post was edited on 10/22/20 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:29 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Art has a place in a well rounded education. Life isn't solely about making money.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:30 pm to meeple
Yep, it's becoming steam now..
Even though the point of stem was to focus on the non subjective disciplines, alas... Here we are with art being added in.
A couple schools around here call it stream with the r being religion.
Even though the point of stem was to focus on the non subjective disciplines, alas... Here we are with art being added in.
A couple schools around here call it stream with the r being religion.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:31 pm to meeple
That’s the middle school music teacher inserting herself back into the discussion.
Stick with the sciences and math.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:31 pm to meeple
It is an attempt to attempt to change the way people view what is a largely unprofitable field of study.
It is only STEM.
Art as a major is a waste of time and should not be included with other STEM fields.
It is only STEM.
Art as a major is a waste of time and should not be included with other STEM fields.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:31 pm to meeple
They're worried the free market is forcing people into useful majors in the hard sciences and away from the courses chock full of liberal socialist utopia propaganda.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:31 pm to Peazey
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Art has a place in a well rounded education. Life isn't solely about making money.
No it doesn't. Art is good for passion. But it should be stripped from public funded education.
Closest thing to art that I can justify spending taxpayer dollars on is courses on architecture.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:32 pm to Peazey
quote:Art has a place as one or two courses in college or maybe a minor.
Art has a place in a well rounded education. Life isn't solely about making money.
It should not be offered as a major.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:32 pm to Peazey
I agree art is beautiful and certainly contributes to a well rounded person and education. But the issue hasn’t been insufficient art majors or music majors or architects.
We have had deficits in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics related fields. Hence the emphasis on STEM education. Adding the A to thiese schools now seems to be just a jobs program for art teachers
We have had deficits in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics related fields. Hence the emphasis on STEM education. Adding the A to thiese schools now seems to be just a jobs program for art teachers
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:33 pm to Peazey
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Art has a place in a well rounded education. Life isn't solely about making money.
I agree to an extent that’s why there are art and music classes. But integrating it with STEM subjects?
I don’t think that this means just having these classes available at the same institution. I think it’s truly integrating into the curriculum so that it’s an integral part of projects and such. I just don’t understand why.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:42 pm to Parmen
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No it doesn't. Art is good for passion. But it should be stripped from public funded education. Closest thing to art that I can justify spending taxpayer dollars on is courses on architecture.
I disagree. Our competitive edge is outside the box thinking. Strip that away and we are basically just China which isn’t good. Art manifests itself into the other stem categories. I disagree with the inclusion on the A into there as it relates to career focus, but it certainly shouldn’t be done away with all together.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:46 pm to meeple
Science
Technology
Engineering
Art
Math
One of those does not go with the others.
Technology
Engineering
Art
Math
One of those does not go with the others.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:52 pm to Peazey
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Art has a place in a well rounded education.
Those days are long gone
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:53 pm to meeple
STEAM started in Cleveland.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:54 pm to LSUKTR
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One of those does not go with the others.
It's pretty forced
Some people are wired for the arts, some for science.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 12:59 pm to Peazey
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Art has a place in a well rounded education. Life isn't solely about making money.
Tell that to the art majors looking for a job after graduation.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 1:01 pm to Scruffy
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Art has a place as one or two courses in college or maybe a minor.
It should not be offered as a major.
It is like history, should mostly be learned through self-discovery because your opinion of it determines what you think about it.
Formal teaching of it ends up being indoctrination.
I can only imagine all of the art that will be called racist/sexist/homophobic/otherwise bannable by the approved outlets.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 1:05 pm to meeple
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I agree to an extent that’s why there are art and music classes. But integrating it with STEM subjects?
I don’t think that this means just having these classes available at the same institution. I think it’s truly integrating into the curriculum so that it’s an integral part of projects and such. I just don’t understand why.
Lee High School in Baton Rouge has advertised itself as a STEAM school, although I think now they are focussing more on the STEM courses. Part of the "Arts" section focuses on Digital Arts, like web development and digital media. They also do things with Computer Science like game design. The engineering courses include design principals and 3-D printing. So it kind of goes along with the STEM courses they offer.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 1:06 pm to DavidTheGnome
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I disagree. Our competitive edge is outside the box thinking. Strip that away and we are basically just China which isn’t good. Art manifests itself into the other stem categories. I disagree with the inclusion on the A into there as it relates to career focus, but it certainly shouldn’t be done away with all together.
You are more right than you know. There is plenty of need for artists in the entertainment industry, from movies to video games to music. Lots of that training can be done at specific art institutes, but it's also clearly in the purview of traditional institutions as well.
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