DocumentCode
1800072
Title
The necessity of including the arts in STEM
Author
DeSimone, Christine
Author_Institution
Music Dept., Edgar Middle Sch., Metuchen, NJ, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-8 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
A great change in education is taking place at this moment. Studies have shown our U.S. students to be behind, threatening our place in the global community. Our businesses decry the skills (or lack of skills) for their incoming employees. Everyone agrees that we need to change the tide. STEM is the current model holding everyone´s attention, and the addition of the arts is gathering STEAM. Stakeholders weighing in to the debate seem to cause more confusion about what these terms mean, and how we can best implement them in the schools. This paper explores the role of the arts in the K-12 setting, and Middle School General Music in particular, and the impact it has as an integrating force in the STEM debate.
Keywords
art; physics education; K-12 setting; Middle School General Music; STEAM; STEM debate; U.S. students; arts role; global community; integrating force; stakeholders; Art; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Instruments; Music; Generation Z; STEAM education; arts curriculum; whole brain thinking;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3228-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891014
Filename
6891014
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