Learning activity based on STEAM Education that emphasizes engineering design process in topic of hydroponics for enhancing 21st century skills of upper elementary school students
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STEAM Education is an integrated learning approach of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics for guiding learners to connect knowledge and skills, both science and arts area, simultaneously to employ in thinking and creative problem solving in real life. The STEAM based activities using project-based learning or problem-based learning allows learners to able to apply their knowledge to design the method or process of thinking and problem solving for acquiring the technology as a product of engineering design process and develop the 21st century skills. This correspond to strategy and goal of the National Education Plan (2017-2036) that setting the educational management to focus on the 21st century skills, such as critical thinking and problem solving, creativity, communication and collaboration. Therefore, in this academic article, the author aims to propose a guideline of learning activity based on STEAM Education in topic of hydroponics for upper elementary school students that emphasizes the engineering design process according to the emphasis of Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) consisting of 6 steps as follows: 1) Identify problem, 2) Gather possible solutions, 3) Select and design solution, 4) Create prototype, 5) Test, evaluate, and redesign prototype, and 6) Communicate solutions and prototype. It focuses on enabling students to integrate knowledge and skills in the STEAM Education into step-by-step thinking and creative problem solving and to enhance the 21st century skills.
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