Guy A. Boy
ABSTRACT
The 20th century was based on local linear engineering of complicated systems. We made cars, airplanes and chemical plants for example. The 21st century has opened a new basis for holistic non-linear design of complex systems, such as the Internet and air traffic management. Interconnectivity, communication and interaction are major attributes of our evolving society. But, more interestingly, we have started to understand that chaos theory may be more important than reductionism, to better understand and thrive on Earth. Systems need to be investigated and tested as wholes, which requires a cross-disciplinary approach and new conceptual principles and tools. Consequently, schools cannot continue to only teach isolated disciplines based on simple reductionism. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) should also be integrated together with the Arts to promote creativity together with rationalization, and move (back) to STEAM (with an "A" for Arts). This concept shift emphasizes the possibility of longer-term socio-technical futures instead of short-term financial predictions that currently lead to uncontrolled economies. Human-centred design (HCD) can contribute to not only improving education technologies, systems and practices, but also as a discipline offering an integrated approach to learning by doing, expressing and critiquing, exploring possible futures, and understanding complex systems: HCD supports learning thinking.
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Index Terms
- From STEM to STEAM: toward a human-centred education, creativity & learning thinking
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The title and abstract of this paper refer to the idea of incorporating arts into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The author makes several broad statements about the failures of the education system, but offers only rhetoric as a solution. As a professional educator, I have observed this type of discussion in the public domain on a regular basis. The author raises some valid points, but most of these are well known, already understood, and being addressed in a number of educational systems across the Western world. The discussion highlights the lack of variety in assessment tasks in education systems, and points out the prevalence of multiple-choice tests; these statements could have been supported by facts. In terms of educational delivery, the author suggests that students should have access to technology that connects and engages with the learning environment. This is another moot point, since hybrid, online, and e-learning systems already allow students the flexibility to learn anywhere and at anytime. Unfortunately, the author only briefly mentions the notion of including arts in STEM in the introduction. In conclusion, while I found this discussion interesting, it raises the same topics that have been discussed in numerous papers on educational systems and adds very little to the overall debate. Online Computing Reviews Service
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