Stem and Steam

Our course focused on STEAM, aims to help you to get new innovative ideas for hands-on activities because there is no more practical field. We should rather say fields because STEAM is the interdisciplinary itself.

The course is interesting not only for educators who teach STEAM but also for non-STEAM teachers that want to get into its mysteries and implement some STEAM curricula in their schools. You will get benefit of STEAM course with Finnish education perspective. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Design and Mathematics) is an educational approach which has lately become recognized worldwide and is applied in many countries. The program, which was previously known as STEM, has taken the name STEAM with the addition of the word “art” in the recent past.

Learning Objectives:

• To identify the differences between STEM and STEAM;
• To define learning objectives that integrate STEM and Art & Design subjects to increase student engagement in learning;
• To connect and relate different subjects through creative STEAM activities, based on real-life and concrete experiences;
• To build an authentic STEAM lesson;
• To trust the importance of play, fun, and engagement in learning;
• To incorporate art and design-related skills into the general learning environment and curriculum;