Description
STEAM education can be described in two ways. One model emphasizes the arts and is not as concerned about the accuracy of the STEM fields. In the second model, STEM content is the prevailing force with a focus on accuracy, and the arts are used in limited and secondary resources for the teaching of the content. However, in order to promote creative thinking, allow for higher student engagement, and offer a more well-rounded education, a STEAM model, where science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics are equal contributors to the process of learning, is needed.
Cases on Models and Methods for STEAM Education is an important scholarly resource that provides inclusive models and case studies highlighting best techniques and practices for implementing STEAM models in teaching and assists teachers as they learn to use such methods through the inclusion of practical activities for use in the classroom. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as science education, fine arts, and teaching models, this book is essential for educators, administrators, curriculum developers, instructional designers, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Judith Ann Bazler (Ed.)
Judith Bazler is a science educator at Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ.
Meta Van Sickle (Ed.)
Van Sickle's
primary research focus has been on science education. Her primary teaching responsibilities at the undergraduate level have been: the supervision of clinical interns, and the supervision of pre-clinical internship field placements for secondary science and mathematics students as part of a science and mathematics methods course. At the M.Ed level, her primary course was Nature of Science and Mathematics for science and mathematics teachers. She received her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of South Florida in Science Education.