Title: STEM to STEAM – The Effects of Incorporating the Arts into STEM Education
Stream: Interdisciplinary Art and Design Projects
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Julie Smith, Loyola Marymount University, United States
Abstract:
The integration of art into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math classes (STEM to STEAM) is a trend in Southern California STEM schools. This is especially the case since there has been an epidemic of student misbehavior issues affecting classroom management. For a number of reasons, including changes in the support of parents and administrators in dealing with student misconduct, teachers are increasingly left to their own devices to handle classroom incidents. This in turn has resulted in many educators leaving the profession, some even in the middle of the academic year. Mid-career professionals, who have too much invested in a defined benefit program (pension) who feel they cannot financially cannot leave public education, are turning to old and new avenues of quelling disobedience and acting out. By incorporating animation, design, and “old school” cutting and pasting art activities as part of the regular curriculum, they have discovered or rediscovered teaching techniques that have a positive effect on student conduct. These effectively complement STEM education. Because arts inclusion can create a calming effect on young and older people, it not only enhances student understanding of the subject matter but can have positive social emotional consequences as well. In this presentation and paper, modalities of arts integration will be explored.
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