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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2015.35.4.0709

Understanding STEM, STEAM Education, and Addressing the Issues Facing STEAM in the Korean Context  

Sim, Jaeho (Pusan National University)
Lee, Yangrak (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
Kim, Hyun-Kyung (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.35, no.4, 2015 , pp. 709-723 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since 2011, after beginning of the systematic study on STEAM education, South Korea has developed a number of related programs. At this point we see that this is the time to clarify the challenges. The purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of their education through the review of many domestic and foreign papers in order to propose the challenges of STEAM education of Korea. The results are as follows. First, the course of integration cannot be separated by the difference in superiority but should be separated in accordance with the purpose of integration. Second, curriculum integration such as STEAM education is characterized by the emphasis on horizontal linking than vertical depth fusion. Accordingly, the content knowledge and vertical linkages are inevitably weakened. In order to overcome this problem, the key concepts and features that were emphasized in the previous curriculum need to also be emphasized in STEAM training, and the comparative study on the core concept and function of each subjects should be preceded. Third, after looking upon the current situation of our country's fusion research and talent training, the limits and the challenges that need to be overcome has been suggested. Fourth, with the basis on research results, we offered an example of the approach on STEAM education which is applicable to the current situation and proposed the challenges and implications that need to be addressed in the STEAM education of Korea in educational contexts such as curriculum, teaching and learning, and evaluation.
Keywords
STEM education; STEAM education; review papers; integration curriculum; Korean context;
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