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Teaching STEAM education in Hong Kong

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Title:
Teaching STEAM education in Hong Kong
Source Title:
STEAM education: Intersections and thresholds
Authors:
- Wong, So Lan The Education University of Hong Kong
Source Editors:
- Cooper, Yichien
- Lai, Alice
City Published:
Leiden, The Netherlands
Publisher:
Brill
Year Published:
2025
Education Categories:
Keywords:
STEAM Education Hands-on Activities Inquiry Learning
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Unknown or Unspecified
Abstract:
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in Hong Kong was proposed by Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2015 and later optimized in 2022 as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education. The goal of STEAM education is to cultivate students’ solid STEM knowledge to support Hong Kong’s rapid economic and technological development to meet contemporary world challenges; however, the role and educational purpose of the arts (i.e., the “A”) in STEAM education have not been stated clearly. I share three teaching examples and discuss how to integrate the arts into STEM education and cultivate students’ creativity through hands-on activities. To implement STEAM education, teachers could begin with the subjects they teach and then explore ways to integrate the other four areas to create STEAM education. Copyright © 2025 by Yichien Cooper and Alice Lai.
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Book Chapters
ISBN:
- 9789004714731
- 9789004714724
DOI:
- 10.1163/9789004714748_017
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/578a479a
Entry Date:
2025-07-17