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Goovaerts, Leen; De Cock, Mieke; Struyven, Katrien; Dehaene, Wim – European Journal of STEM Education, 2019
High level, abstract engineering thinking and design is a subject that is hardly addressed in current curricula for secondary education. This is contradictory to the increasing need for more in depth STEM education in secondary schools dictated by the evolution of our society towards an ever more STEM based information society. In this paper an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Design, Thinking Skills, Secondary School Students
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Goovaerts, Leen; De Cock, Mieke; Struyven, Katrien; Dehaene, Wim – European Journal of STEM Education, 2019
In order to motivate secondary school pupils for STEM studies and professions, a teaching approach with a focus on integration of STEM components is developed. This paper focuses on the integration of physics and mathematics into an engineering design problem in K10 education, namely building and heating a model of a passive house with a sun…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Physics
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Thibaut, Lieve; Ceuppens, Stijn; De Loof, Haydée; De Meester, Jolien; Goovaerts, Leen; Struyf, Annemie; Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle; Dehaene, Wim; Deprez, Johan; De Cock, Mieke; Hellinckx, Luc; Knipprath, Heidi; Langie, Greet; Struyven, Katrien; Van de Velde, Didier; Van Petegem, Peter; Depaepe, Fien – European Journal of STEM Education, 2018
The shortage of graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has led to numerous attempts to increase students' interest in STEM. One emerging approach that has the potential to improve students' motivation for STEM is integrated STEM education. Nonetheless, the implementation of this new instructional strategy is not…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning