STEM Integration in Primary Schools: Theory, Implementation . . . - Springer STEM can be simply a collective name for four primary disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics However, when the term STEM is used for addressing education policy and curriculum, it typically refers to an integrative approach to teaching and learning (Bybee, 2010; English, 2017; Kelley Knowles, 2016; Skilling, 2019; Wan et al , 2021a)
Interdisciplinary teaching and learning at the K-12 level in the . . . This group of terms included all potential variations of the terms interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and cross-curricular, as well as all potential variations of curricular integration and integrated curriculum The second group of search terms was used to limit our findings to K-12 educational contexts
Beyond the basics: a detailed conceptual framework of integrated STEM . . . Given the large variation in conceptualizations and enactment of K− 12 integrated STEM, this paper puts forth a detailed conceptual framework for K− 12 integrated STEM education that can be used by researchers, educators, and curriculum developers as a common vision Our framework builds upon the extant integrated STEM literature to describe seven central characteristics of integrated STEM
Integrated teaching in primary schools: A systematic review of current . . . (integrated teaching, STEM) The scope search term: at least one of “primary education” OR “elementary education” OR “basic education” was included in the article's title, abstract, or keyword Using the criteria, 3,400 articles were identified, including 763 Scopus articles, 1,330 Google Scholar articles, 76 IEEE Xplore