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STEAM education is an approach to teaching STEM subjects that incorporates artistic skills like creative thinking and design. [1] [2] The name derives from the acronym STEM, with an A added to stand for arts. STEAM programs aim to teach students innovation, to think critically, and to use engineering or technology in imaginative designs or creative approaches to real-world problems while building on students' mathematics and science base. [3] [4] [5]

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Education legislation for STEAM education in the U.S.

Examples of state-based STEAM programs as guidance or related resources: [6]

University based STEAM projects

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in collaboration with its Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) created the GoSTEAM program. GoSTEAM is a program that integrates art and music into STEM focused curriculum for students in the K-12 (kindergarten to twelfth grade studies). [13] [14]

The STEAM Journal

The Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM) is a free and open-access journal that is peer-reviewed by an international team of reviewers. It is an online publication and is published by the STEAM Education Research Association. The journal publishes articles from a range of topics in educational research and related disciplines. As the J-STEAM, it has an emphasis on the integration of STEAM topics, namely Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. [15]

STEAM in children's media

Criticism of STEAM

STEM subjects can incorporate art to assist teaching STEM, where art is a tool for STEM in the form of STEAM education. However, some criticism holds that art and STEM subjects should be of equal value in the education process. [18]

Other uses of the STEAM acronym

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