Presentation + discussions for teachers and prospective teachers in STEM

Univ-Prof. Dr. Zsolt Lavicza, Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler University, Austria: 

Innovating through STEAM-based education approaches in our new digital area

Besides tackling challenges and disruptions caused by digital technologies in schools, there is also a growing emphasis for encouraging creative thinking in education, innovating pedagogies and develop connections among subjects. Activities focusing on creative processes, rather than concentrating on achieving only results for posed problems, are being designed and trialled by innovative groups around the world.

In my talk, I will introduce ideas and examples for technological, pedagogical and policy innovations involving STEM to STE-A-M (by the inclusion of Arts in a broader sense of creation and creativities) transitions and how these approaches could be utilised to teach and connect mathematics with other subjects in our digital era.  These examples will include STEAM research with GeoGebra and mathematical foci from collaborating with the Experience Workshop Movement; studies related to GeoGebra and its new developments such as Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, Machine Learning and Mobile experiments; developing students’ mathematical skills through robotics and connecting digital and physical worlds; and possibilities to detect and nurture creative thinking processes from Big Data. An overview of such studies could offer new insights into developments of creativities, innovations for STEM teaching and learning, and opportunities for nurturing further collaboration in these areas.

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Univ-Prof. Dr. Zsolt Lavicza, Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

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