What are the basic characteristics of stem education? What do teachers need to do in the process of implementing stem theme courses?

STEM education is a natural combination of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other scattered contents, emphasizing the application of knowledge to life and solving practical problems in life, emphasizing learning by doing in practice and applying what you have learned to solving practical problems.

Instead of teaching isolated and abstract subject knowledge, it emphasizes restoring knowledge to real life and developing it in the form of projects. Students need to help each other, inspire each other, communicate and discuss, and divide their work in groups reasonably. Create your own works in various forms, and every activity is a creative experience.

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Under the core concept of STEM education, teachers need to be prepared in the following aspects in combination with teaching practice: designing the design framework of project activities, from six aspects: establishing project theme, analyzing project problems, establishing evaluation standards, designing solutions, implementing solutions and presenting evaluation summary.

Among them, in the stage of implementing solutions, different from traditional theoretical teaching, teachers should pay special attention to guiding students to combine existing knowledge and experience, apply scientific knowledge and information technology to search relevant materials, effectively screen and analyze the search results, and organize discussions to formulate solutions.

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