What is steam maker education?

STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. STEAM education is a comprehensive education integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.

Maker Education, a laboratory under the School of Service Design of Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts, focuses on how to practice STEAM teaching objectives and OBE education concepts through Maker mode. The research direction of the laboratory includes K 12 user research, STEAM theory research, OBE theory research, maker teaching course research and development, innovative space design theory and so on.

Maker Education Lab is based on three core dimensions: creativity, innovation and education. Stimulate innovation through creative community, practice innovative practice through creative prototype, product iteration and project incubation, and promote the creation of China; Conduct user research and develop educational products under the mode of life laboratory; Promote popular science education; Practice the spirit of "learning by doing" through the maker model.

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The idea of STEAM education was first put forward by the American government, aiming at strengthening the education of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics in K 12. The original body of STEAM is the concept of STEM, that is, the initials of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Encourage children's development and improvement in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other fields, cultivate children's comprehensive literacy, and then enhance their global competitiveness. Recently, I joined Arts, that is, fine arts, and became more comprehensive. ?

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