Integration of Shangshan culture into the STEAM curriculum and teaching: results of an interview-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) courses are a popular trend in international education than can help inculcate creativity in students. Although STEAM courses have been widely promoted in China, they are generally unsustainable because they are merely imitations of European and American courses and lack Chinese humanistic factors; a close integration between disciplinary ideas and thinking levels is also lacking. C-STEAM, which is designed to pass down China's culture, is a form of STEAM education with local Chinese characteristics that are focused on integrating interdisciplinary knowledge with the thought process oriented toward cultural heritage.

Methods

In this study, an innovative higher vocational college co

SUBMITTER: Qian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731287 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature