STEM Strategies in Secondary Schools

• In Event: The Impact of STEM-Focused Schools and Partnerships on Student Engagement and Learning

Abstract

“STEM Educa¬tion” is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary teaching and learning approach. Classroom teachers are asked to integrate STEM education into their lessons but do not know or understand how to integrate STEM within current curriculum models. This study describes the characteristics of STEM schools and lessons and teaching/learning strategies. It then describes three research projects with related implementation strategies in secondary schools: Integration of Tablets in the Schools, Integration of Environmental Education in the Schools and Integration of Engineering concepts and applications into Secondary Curriculum. Both projects concluded integrated approaches had significant effects on student achievement. This study seeks to shed light on the features and practices of STEM schools and provides STEM strategies for stakeholders, in particular teachers.

Authors

• Disraeli M. Hutton, University of the West Indies

• Peter Yee Han Joong, University of Western Ontario

• Joy Baker-Gibson, University of the West Indies

• Damian Welsh, University of the West Indies