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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2016.36.4.0669

A Study on the Current Status of STEAM Education  

Park, HyunJu (Chosun University)
Byun, Soo-yong (Pennsylvania State University)
Sim, Jaeho (Pusan National University)
Baek, Yoon Su (Yonsei University)
Jeong, Jin-Su (Daegu University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.36, no.4, 2016 , pp. 669-679 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education in schools by asking a variety of questions including "why and how often they implement STEAM education." This study conducted an online survey on 11,526 elementary, middle, and high schools in South Korea, with the response rate being 56.8% (N = 6,473). To highlight key findings, first, our descriptive analyses suggested that if those that did not respond to the survey were assumed not to have implemented STEAM education, approximately 27.1% (N = 3,127) of all schools in South Korea were believed to have implemented STEAM at best. The highest rate of implementation of STEAM education was found in elementary schools (30.8%), followed by middle (27.4%) and high (17.5%) schools. Second, in contrast with the result for the rate of implementation of STEAM education, high schools showed the highest level of satisfaction. Third, the most important reason for implementing STEAM education within a school was found to be teachers' voluntary efforts or intrinsic motives, followed by support from the provincial office of education. Fourth, the most important reason for not implementing STEAM education was found to be the lack of consensus among teachers. Together, findings highlight the importance of the role of teachers in implementing STEAM education. Offered are policy implications for the better implementation of STEAM education.
Keywords
STEAM; status; K-12; schools; survey;
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