Abstract:

The idea of integrating the educational programs arose when educators realized that their real-life problems could not be divided into separate disciplines. Dewey’s (1931) book The Way out of Educational Confusion, in which he defended that disciplines should not be separated by real-world practices, opened the way out of Educational Confusion to the implementation of integrated programs in classrooms over the 1950s. STEM education has also been influenced by the reform and philosophy initiated by Dewey with the laboratory schools. Integration of programs is a approach or a teaching strategy that teaches knowledge, skills and values from different subjects in a more meaningful way as a concept. The integration of the STEM disciplines is also the integration of a variety of teaching programs. Therefore, the knowledge of the approaches to the integration of programs by the STEM practitioners will be very important for the understanding of the models for the integration of the STEM disciplines. The objective of this study is to present theoretically integrated STEM training models, moving from the summer studies of the field of integration of programs.

Abstract:

The idea of curriculum integration is derived from educators’ awareness that real world problems are not separated into isolate disciplines. Furthermore, Dewey (1931) argued that disciplines should not be separate, but rather bring to life problems through real-world application in his book titled The Way Out of Educational Confusion which paved the way for integrating curriculum in classrooms through the 1950s. STEM education has also affected by Dewey’s laboratory school reform and philosophies. The integration of programs is the approach or teaching strategy of teaching knowledge, skills and values from different subject areas more in a more meaningfully way as a concept. STEM integration in the classroom is also a type of curriculum integration. For this reason, it is very important for STEM practitioners to know the approaches for the integration of programs in terms of understanding models related to the integration of STEM disciplines. The aim of the study is to explore integrated STEM models at theoretical level based on the literature examination about integrated program approaches. 

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