Department: Master of Education
Module Description: The module focuses on providing discourse and skills of STEM education, pedagogical, and curricular development. Specific emphasis is on STEM education’s foundations, frameworks, curricular designs, and the inter/multi/transdisciplinary connections among the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. It introduces the major STEM education instructional models, such as the scientific method, inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning, project-based learning, creative and critical thinking, and engineering design. It covers main areas such as STEM pedagogical content, standards, models of integration, and application of STEM/STEAM/STREAM education to 21st-century skills and career aspirations, and opportunities for K-16 students in STEM education.
Al Quraan, E. & Forawi, A. (2019). Critical Analysis of International STEM Education Policy Themes. Journal of Education and Human Development. 8, 2, pp. 82-98.
Bartholomew, O. & Nwankwo, C. (2024). Curriculum development for interdisciplinary STEM education: A review of models and approaches. International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences 6(8), 1575-1592.
Forawi, A. (2018). STEM Education: Meaningful Contexts and Frameworks. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference.
Forawi, A. & Al Quraan, E. (2022). Status and Trends of STEM Education in the United Arab Emirates. Book. chapter. In Lee, Y. and Lee, L, (Eds). Status and Trends of STEM Education in Highly Competitive Countries: Country Report and International Comparison. Wu-Nan Book Inc. Taiwan.
