Shanghai Daily – Jennifer Weyburn
“The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) movement emerged in the United States to provide students with high-level skills in these areas to compete and succeed globally. Even more fundamentally, STEM signals a shift in the way these subjects are taught, focusing on problem solving, critical thinking and drawing interdisciplinary connections to solve real-world problems. Now, educational thinkers are realizing that STEM learning is incomplete without an “A” … which stands for Arts…The creative, critical and socio-emotional skills that students develop in the arts are of vital importance. In addition, the problem-solving and entrepreneurial dispositions posed in design challenges help cultivate a mindset for innovation.”(more)