中国STEAM教育开始起步

近年来STEAM教育在各国受到重视且快速发展，暨中国教育部于2017年3月1日发布《中国STEAM教育发展报告》后，3月24日—25日，我参加了由中国教育学会在北京举行的中国教育学会科创教育联盟成立大会暨国际科创教育高峰论坛，同时会上也宣布中国教育学会科创教育联盟(ASTIE)的正式成立。

STEAM意即Science科学，Technology技术，Engineering工程，Arts艺术和Mathematics数学。利用一种基于项目学习 (PBL) 的方法来教授科学，技术和创新创造力，并被许多人认为是开发未来工程师，设计师和创新者的关键。具体来说，STEAM教育更提倡的是一种新的教学方式：让学生们自己动手完成他们感兴趣的、并且和生活相关的项目，从过程中运用冒险精神、实验能力和创意解决问题的能力。STEAM教育不是在桌椅整齐的教室上课，而是在充满木板、锉刀、画笔、电线、电路板、芯片、3D打印机、以及各种各样教育科技产品的实验室里。

集思堂Ideahub目前和东北师范大学附属中学让运用STEAM概念合作开发了一个创客实验室，用于培养学生和教师的创新和技术能力，因此我也有幸能作为东北师范大学附属中学代表团的一员出席会议。

这个活动进一步含盖包括虚拟现实，人工智能在教育方面的应用，以及如何在学校推广STREAM教育。一共有60所学校参加，目的是彼此交换意见探讨如何在学校开设STEAM课程，帮助学生们为21世纪的挑战做好准备。此次会议也邀请了教育界中的巨擘Kevin Kelly, Georgette Yakman,David Chavez等人演讲，我很兴奋地看到一位来自以色列耶路撒冷希伯来大学的NaftalyTishbi教授，分享人工智能在教育领域中的结合案例，代表以色列在教育方面的发展已经受到国际肯定。

Naftaly Tishbi教授关于人工智能的演讲

会议里的另一个高潮是来自四所主要高中学校--东北师范大学附属中学、人民大学附属中学，清华大学附属中学和上海交通大学附属中学的老师和学生分享的TED演讲。他们谈到STEAM课程的经验，以及STEAM课程将对他们生活的影响时，在场的各位学生和老师们都十分赞叹。

我很自豪地被提及作为东北师范大学附属高中STEAM计划的一部分，在实践STEAM理论时最大的挑战是如何和学校日常的课程作结合，我也很高兴得到很多来自学校的支持，能在教育的这条路上看到这么多同行的人，相信我们很快能尝到甜美的果实。

与中国教育学会会长钟秉林的合影

China STEAM education is taking off

The STEAM education has been taking root over the pastseveral years globally and is surging forward as a positive mode of action totruly meet the needs of a 21st century. Just right after Chinese Ministry of Education released the "China STEAM Education Development Report" on March 1, 2017. On March 24-25, I attended the China Conference in Beijing, arranged by the Chinese Society of Education. The conference was also the Inauguration of the CSE Alliance of Science-Technology Innovation Education – ASTIE.

STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art andMathematics is a Project Based Learning (PBL) approach to teaching science,technology and innovation-creativity and considered by many as the key todevelop the future engineers, designers and innovators. Specifically, STEAM is an educational approach to let students take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving, embrace collaboration, and work through the creative process. STEAM classes are not in the traditional classroom with chairs and desks, but in a laboratory full of wood, brush, wire,circuit board, chip, 3D printer and variety of educational technology products.

I attended the meeting as part of the delegation of High School Attached to Northeast Normal University High School, where my company,IDEAHUB, has a cooperation to develop a maker-creativity lab where we train students and teachers in creativity and technology – STEAM.

The conference included several high-level speakers like –Kevin Kelly, Georgette Yakman, David Chavez and others. I was very happy to see an Israeli speaker - Prof. Naftaly Tishbi from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem who gave an exciting talk on Artificial Intelligence and its use ineducation. It shows the Israel's development in education has been internationally recognized. The subjects in the conference included also Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and in general – how do you promote STEAM atschools. 60 schools attended the conference with the aim of developing STEAM subjects in their school to have students prepared for the 21st century challenges.

I especially enjoyed the TED talks given by teachers and students from 4 leading schools – High School Attached to Northeast Normal University, High School Affiliated to Renmin University, High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University and High School Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University.  Students and teachers were very impressive talking about their STEAM programs and about how their lives are affected by these programs. 

The challenge will be how to make these programs part of thereal curriculum of these schools available to all students constantly. I was proud to be mentioned as part of High School Attached to Northeast Normal University High School STEAM initiative. I am also happy to see there are so many partners who willing to devoted to Education in China, I am sure we will enjoy the fruitful outcome in nearly future.

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