Educational Technology

August 5, 2014

STEM vs STEAM: A Look At Half-Brain Teaching

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:38 am

By Katie Lepi, Edudemic

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math. Teach coding, get girls interested in all of these subjects. However you slice it, there’s a lot of focus on the logical and analytical brain functions these days. Many schools are cutting the ‘extras’ like art and music. While I firmly believe that students need to be well rounded and really need subjects like those to be considered more than ‘extra’, and while there are many people fighting to keep these programs in schools, you can’t deny that the international economy and jobs outlook is demanding more focus on STEM. But does that mean we should drop all focus on the other stuff? The handy infographic below takes a look at why focusing on the skills of half our brain is not enough.

http://www.edudemic.com/stem-vs-steam-graphic-need-sides-brain/

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