Published On: September 11th, 2017|

Education Dive – Shalina Chatlani

“STEM instruction often happens in a vacuum, but rather than creating standards that emphasize STEM or the humanities, department heads should work with faculty to understand that the disciplines are partners — they enhance and better each other. The types of skills that a student gains building a robot, which involves being presented with an issue and thinking critically toward a solution, complement one’s capacity to dissect the core issues in a story and think how each of the elements — the characters, the plot, the cliff-hanger — all work together.”(more)