Mathematics is the Queen of STEM
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even communicate with others - we expect all students know how to speak, read, writing, and understand others’ speech How about ability to extract and analyze information from passages (PIRLS) How about literature, do we expect all to learn poems of the Tang Dynasty, or works of Shakespeare, etc.?
society? Should the expectations for STEM be different between these two groups (it is
acknowledged that the boundary between the two groups is fussy)?
disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications.” (Elaine J. Hom, 2014) Among S,T,E and M, which is more important, or are they equally important? Should it be STEM, SMET, or MSTE?
Computing –71 percent; Traditional Engineering –16 percent; Physical sciences –7 percent; Life sciences –4 percent; Mathematics –2percent”
(Elaine J. Hom, 2014)
Conference on "Connecting Mathematics and STEM Education”
Mathematics isthe Queen of STEM?
Outline
1. What is STEM? 2. Mathematics and STEM 3. STEM Education in Hong Kong 4. Mathematical Modelling and STEM
Is STEM a discipline or subject, or a cluster of four disciplines? Is STEM a kind of activities rather than a discipline or subject? IsSTEM content, skills, or attitudes?
Ancient Greece –the seven liberal arts
The trivium (the lower division of the seven liberal arts): grammar, logic, and rhetoric.; tThe quadrivium (the upper division of the seven liberal arts): comprised arithmetic (number), geometry (number in space), music (number in time), and astronomy (number in space and time).
What are the core competencies that every individual needs? Should STEM be one of the core competencies? First you need the core competency of Literacy – without which you can’t
1. Whatis STEM?
“STEM, in full Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, field and curriculum centred on education in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The STEM acronym was introduced in 2001 by scientific administrators at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The organization previously used the acronym SMET when referring to the career fields in those disciplines or a curriculum that integrated knowledge and skills from those fields.” (Judith Hallinen, retrieved 2019)
Liberal arts are based on thinking skills - as distinguished from the practical arts such as medicine and architecture
Note that the trivium and quadrivium were not meant to form the basis for application; on the contrary, it formed the foundation for philosophy (the “liberal art par excellence”) and theology.
The seven liberal arts were clearly meant for the elite, for inculcating philosopher kings
Education for all
People in different time, different socio-cultural contexts need different skills We are now talking about education for all Or, are we? Do we expect all children to have the same education? Should we differentiate between the general population and the “leaders” of
Theimportance of STEM
In the US, a 2014 report estimated that by 2018, there is a “need for 8.65 million workers in STEM-related jobs. The manufacturing sector faces an alarmingly large shortage of employees with the necessary skills — nearly 600,000. The field of cloud computing alone will have created 1.7 million jobs between 2011 and 2015, according to the report. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2018, the bulk of STEM careers will be:
Mozart and “The sound of Music”) How about chi, remote parts of the country, or
of deprived working parents who can’t even make ends meet? Do we expect them to learn Bach and Beethoven? Are the six skills for the elite only? By similar argument, should we require all children to learn STEM?
need more moraljudgement? In this regard, are the Humanities subjects not more important than
STEM ones? STEAM, STREAM
To whom is STEM for?
Even if STEM is really important, does every individual need to learn it? Core competencies
Thecomponents of STEM
STEM =Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM =Science +Technology +Engineering +Mathematics “STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific
Ancient China –the sixartsor skills (yi)
Rituals (li), music, archery, charioteering, writing,mathematics Li =the right behavior, socialnorms? How about Music? A Century ago in Austria, everyone is expected to learn music (Salzburg:
Does the general populace need STEM?
As technology becomes more and more user friendly, do all people need to know STEM at all?
When we say “prepared for STEM”, are we referring to everyday life encounters with STEM, or are we referring to the frontiers of inventions, google search and rocket science?
Has the importance of STEMbeen exaggerated?
Have we over-estimated or over-stated the importance of STEM? Which is more important, the study of STEM or say History? With the rising prevalence of science and technology, do we not
society? Should the expectations for STEM be different between these two groups (it is
acknowledged that the boundary between the two groups is fussy)?
disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications.” (Elaine J. Hom, 2014) Among S,T,E and M, which is more important, or are they equally important? Should it be STEM, SMET, or MSTE?
Computing –71 percent; Traditional Engineering –16 percent; Physical sciences –7 percent; Life sciences –4 percent; Mathematics –2percent”
(Elaine J. Hom, 2014)
Conference on "Connecting Mathematics and STEM Education”
Mathematics isthe Queen of STEM?
Outline
1. What is STEM? 2. Mathematics and STEM 3. STEM Education in Hong Kong 4. Mathematical Modelling and STEM
Is STEM a discipline or subject, or a cluster of four disciplines? Is STEM a kind of activities rather than a discipline or subject? IsSTEM content, skills, or attitudes?
Ancient Greece –the seven liberal arts
The trivium (the lower division of the seven liberal arts): grammar, logic, and rhetoric.; tThe quadrivium (the upper division of the seven liberal arts): comprised arithmetic (number), geometry (number in space), music (number in time), and astronomy (number in space and time).
What are the core competencies that every individual needs? Should STEM be one of the core competencies? First you need the core competency of Literacy – without which you can’t
1. Whatis STEM?
“STEM, in full Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, field and curriculum centred on education in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The STEM acronym was introduced in 2001 by scientific administrators at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The organization previously used the acronym SMET when referring to the career fields in those disciplines or a curriculum that integrated knowledge and skills from those fields.” (Judith Hallinen, retrieved 2019)
Liberal arts are based on thinking skills - as distinguished from the practical arts such as medicine and architecture
Note that the trivium and quadrivium were not meant to form the basis for application; on the contrary, it formed the foundation for philosophy (the “liberal art par excellence”) and theology.
The seven liberal arts were clearly meant for the elite, for inculcating philosopher kings
Education for all
People in different time, different socio-cultural contexts need different skills We are now talking about education for all Or, are we? Do we expect all children to have the same education? Should we differentiate between the general population and the “leaders” of
Theimportance of STEM
In the US, a 2014 report estimated that by 2018, there is a “need for 8.65 million workers in STEM-related jobs. The manufacturing sector faces an alarmingly large shortage of employees with the necessary skills — nearly 600,000. The field of cloud computing alone will have created 1.7 million jobs between 2011 and 2015, according to the report. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2018, the bulk of STEM careers will be:
Mozart and “The sound of Music”) How about chi, remote parts of the country, or
of deprived working parents who can’t even make ends meet? Do we expect them to learn Bach and Beethoven? Are the six skills for the elite only? By similar argument, should we require all children to learn STEM?
need more moraljudgement? In this regard, are the Humanities subjects not more important than
STEM ones? STEAM, STREAM
To whom is STEM for?
Even if STEM is really important, does every individual need to learn it? Core competencies
Thecomponents of STEM
STEM =Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM =Science +Technology +Engineering +Mathematics “STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific
Ancient China –the sixartsor skills (yi)
Rituals (li), music, archery, charioteering, writing,mathematics Li =the right behavior, socialnorms? How about Music? A Century ago in Austria, everyone is expected to learn music (Salzburg:
Does the general populace need STEM?
As technology becomes more and more user friendly, do all people need to know STEM at all?
When we say “prepared for STEM”, are we referring to everyday life encounters with STEM, or are we referring to the frontiers of inventions, google search and rocket science?
Has the importance of STEMbeen exaggerated?
Have we over-estimated or over-stated the importance of STEM? Which is more important, the study of STEM or say History? With the rising prevalence of science and technology, do we not