From STEM to STEAM: Brain-Compatible Strategies and Lessons That Integrate the Arts

by David A. Sousa, Thomas J. Pilecki

Weave arts activities to STEM instruction, and STEAM ahead to academic success



Arts activities enhance the skills critical for achieving STEM success, but how do busy STEM educators integrate the arts into sometimes inflexible STEM curriculum? This new edition of From STEM to STEAM explores emerging research to detail the way. It






The main objective of both art and science is discovery. Lead your students to make that connection and STEAM ahead to academic success!

Genres: Education

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2018

Reviews

[Brett Shand · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was decent considering it is a continuing education book covering a topic that I am marginally interested in. My big takeaway is that I could make enrichment opportunities for students who need a more rigorous challenge on my projects or assignments. This book is essentially about PBL, where the project is creating some artistic artifact - which is a cool concept. There’s a lot of research jargon which was boring to read, but the ideas it had for application were interesting. The book insisted that it is important to collaborate with different content areas to properly do STEAM and it assumes you’re working at at a STEAM school. In 5 years I have yet to meet a teacher who is interested in collaborating on a cross content project, and I do not work at a STEAM school. But I am excited to just try some of these concepts out in my own class and see how it goes!

[Christen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book and it has motivated me to integrate more divergent and creative thinking into my instruction.

I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because there were few specific examples and ideas that I’d be able to use in my Kindergarten classroom. I’m up for the challenge of creating my own ideas but it would be nice to have a few more starters in the book. If you teach grades 3-9, there are a ton of ideas and lessons provided in this book.

If the authors are reading this, perhaps you would publish a book focused on the primary grades?

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book for my graduate course because it showed me, for the first time, the importance of encouraging ALL students to pursue STEAM careers. I hated, and still do to some degree, math, and part of me wonders what I would've ended up doing if I had learned to appreciate and deeply engage with math.

[Netra Manandhar]

This is phenomenal!

[Chip1206 · Rating 1 out of 5]

not at all what I was looking for