STEM Strategies in Secondary Schools

• In Event: Science Education: Strategies and Skills

Abstract

STEM Education is defined as an interdisciplinary teaching and learning approach. Classroom teachers are asked to integrate STEM education. However, they do not know how? This study involved two case studies: Integration of Engineering concepts and applications into Secondary Curriculum in Toronto and Tablets in secondary Mathematics in Jamaica. Both studies concluded integrated approaches had significant effects on student achievement. The third study is an experimental study on Integration of Environmental Education in the primary and secondary schools in Jamaica and Guyana. Results from Jamaican schools indicated integrated approaches had significant effects on student achievement and environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. This study sheds light on the features and practices of STEM schools and provides STEM strategies for stakeholders.

Authors

• Peter Yee Han Joong, University of Toronto

• Peter Francis Wintz, University of Guyana

• Nalini Ramsawak-Jodha, The University of the West Indies

• Joy Baker-Gibson, University of the West Indies