Coming soon: S-STEAM !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think at that point it's just called "S C H O O L"

seriously.

we don't need acronyms for everything.

This is what I was going to post

[Anonymous]

Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

This is so dumb. We used to call this “education.”

The whole point of the term STEM is to describe math-based majors that are distinct from the humanities majors. Other languages like in German, Chinese or Japanese have a specific word for STEM that English does not.

Including arts and sports into STEM is just playing with semantics and patting yourself on the back for being inclusive when we used to just call this a well-rounded education. Doing so doesn’t change the fact that STEM majors exist and that people will need a term to describe them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

This is so dumb. We used to call this “education.”

The whole point of the term STEM is to describe math-based majors that are distinct from the humanities majors. Other languages like in German, Chinese or Japanese have a specific word for STEM that English does not.

Including arts and sports into STEM is just playing with semantics and patting yourself on the back for being inclusive when we used to just call this a well-rounded education. Doing so doesn’t change the fact that STEM majors exist and that people will need a term to describe them

Europe follows a model which is superior to the USA. This is STEAM+ and the USA really needs to do this also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

This is so dumb. We used to call this “education.”

The whole point of the term STEM is to describe math-based majors that are distinct from the humanities majors. Other languages like in German, Chinese or Japanese have a specific word for STEM that English does not.

Including arts and sports into STEM is just playing with semantics and patting yourself on the back for being inclusive when we used to just call this a well-rounded education. Doing so doesn’t change the fact that STEM majors exist and that people will need a term to describe them

Europe follows a model which is superior to the USA. This is STEAM+ and the USA really needs to do this also.

About the STEAM+

Europe faces grand challenges, such as climate change and energy transition.

These challenges have a STEM subject (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) at their core, but skills and knowledge from All other subjects are needed to create STEAM+ solutions. Transdisciplinary talent programs can be laboratories of STEAM innovation. That is what STEAM+ is all about.

[Anonymous]

https://www.steamtalent.eu/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

This is so dumb. We used to call this “education.”

The whole point of the term STEM is to describe math-based majors that are distinct from the humanities majors. Other languages like in German, Chinese or Japanese have a specific word for STEM that English does not.

Including arts and sports into STEM is just playing with semantics and patting yourself on the back for being inclusive when we used to just call this a well-rounded education. Doing so doesn’t change the fact that STEM majors exist and that people will need a term to describe them

Europe follows a model which is superior to the USA. This is STEAM+ and the USA really needs to do this also.

About the STEAM+

Europe faces grand challenges, such as climate change and energy transition.

These challenges have a STEM subject (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) at their core, but skills and knowledge from All other subjects are needed to create STEAM+ solutions. Transdisciplinary talent programs can be laboratories of STEAM innovation. That is what STEAM+ is all about.

Bunch of gobbledygook.

[Anonymous]

Social-emotional learning, History, Information Technology, Science, Technology, Reading, Arts, and Math

Makes for a very accurate acronym

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

This is so dumb. We used to call this “education.”

The whole point of the term STEM is to describe math-based majors that are distinct from the humanities majors. Other languages like in German, Chinese or Japanese have a specific word for STEM that English does not.

Including arts and sports into STEM is just playing with semantics and patting yourself on the back for being inclusive when we used to just call this a well-rounded education. Doing so doesn’t change the fact that STEM majors exist and that people will need a term to describe them

I don't actually think they do, though! A biology major, pure math major, engineering BA/MA student, geology major, and "health administration" certification student are not at all doing the same things that need to be described by one term. They don't have the same educational needs or career paths.

I am not saying science isn't important, but STEM is made up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the inclusion of an “S” for sports (S-STEAM, pronounced “esteem”), there is also now

STEAM+

However, this insufficiently emphasizes the value of sports, and why sports really does need to be included, as S-STEAM.

This is so dumb. We used to call this “education.”

The whole point of the term STEM is to describe math-based majors that are distinct from the humanities majors. Other languages like in German, Chinese or Japanese have a specific word for STEM that English does not.

Including arts and sports into STEM is just playing with semantics and patting yourself on the back for being inclusive when we used to just call this a well-rounded education. Doing so doesn’t change the fact that STEM majors exist and that people will need a term to describe them

I don't actually think they do, though! A biology major, pure math major, engineering BA/MA student, geology major, and "health administration" certification student are not at all doing the same things that need to be described by one term. They don't have the same educational needs or career paths.

I am not saying science isn't important, but STEM is made up.

STEM and STEAM are hardly “made up” as you put it!

[Anonymous]

Some local school districts have already taken the basic step of dropping the outdated “STEM” and have been inclusive by adding an A for Arts. FCPS is one of them.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/curriculum/subject-area/science/steam-and-computer-science

Both sports and arts are very meaningful and are “value added” subjects which help diversify our children’s education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) was wisely expanded to “STEAM” to recognize and honor the equally-important discrete discipline encompassed by Art.

Excluded from STEAM, however, has been the critically important component of physical fitness. Science itself has repeatedly demonstrated the causal relationship to physical activity and brain function.

We can all agree, therefore, on the inclusion of “S” for sports, to create S-STEAM.

What a load of performative, inclusive crap.

What exactly is wrong with being more inclusive?

Are you a special ed parent? Athletics and art are hobbies that maybe you can make a YouTube career out of. Kidding aside, these are niche, ancillary skills that a STEM subject may employ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some local school districts have already taken the basic step of dropping the outdated “STEM” and have been inclusive by adding an A for Arts. FCPS is one of them.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/curriculum/subject-area/science/steam-and-computer-science

Both sports and arts are very meaningful and are “value added” subjects which help diversify our children’s education.

Science shouldn't be intellectually inclusive. You're either capable or you're not. We don't need more Starliners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) was wisely expanded to “STEAM” to recognize and honor the equally-important discrete discipline encompassed by Art.

Excluded from STEAM, however, has been the critically important component of physical fitness. Science itself has repeatedly demonstrated the causal relationship to physical activity and brain function.

We can all agree, therefore, on the inclusion of “S” for sports, to create S-STEAM.

Can we just go back to stem?

Yes, this whole Steam thing is dumb. People are trying to pretend like art some rigorous subject when it is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) was wisely expanded to “STEAM” to recognize and honor the equally-important discrete discipline encompassed by Art.

Excluded from STEAM, however, has been the critically important component of physical fitness. Science itself has repeatedly demonstrated the causal relationship to physical activity and brain function.

We can all agree, therefore, on the inclusion of “S” for sports, to create S-STEAM.

Can we just go back to stem?

Yes, this whole Steam thing is dumb. People are trying to pretend like art some rigorous subject when it is not.

Wrong. It is “dumb,” as you put it.

Luckily, no one agrees with you.

Certainly not the school system, thank god https://www.fcps.edu/academics/curriculum/subject-area/science/steam-and-computer-science