STEAM approach in building automatons: wheels and axles
Ana Peixoto
anapeixoto@ese.ipvc.pt
STEM Education in Brno, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
10 september, 2024

STEM /STEAM
STEM Education in Brno, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
10 September, 2024
In Portugal, STEM and STEAM approach focuses on active learning, defended by different authors over
decades.
What is active learning? This is when students are actively involved with their hands, minds and
hearts (hands-on; minds-on and hearts-on).
STEM and STEAM, more or less adopted in teacher training, have been presented as essential in the
teaching of science, technology and, for a longer time, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The 2030 goals point to the need for more and more schools, whether primary, secondary or higher
education, to opt for any of these perspectives, clearly pointing to the STEM curriculum.

STEM /STEAM
STEM Education in Brno, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
10 September, 2024

Theoretical framework

STEM Education in Brno, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
10 September, 2024

STEAM approach
Focused on solving problems… how to solve them? (engineering) … the science and mathematics
involved in the solving process … the art
 The 5 steps (cycle)           Question… Imagine… Plan… Create… Improve… or…
         (Schull, 2019)

(Schul, 2019)
Vale e Barbosa, (2020 adapted from Cunningham & Hester, 2007); Eddleman, 2016; Enderson et al.,
2013; English et al., 2015;  Stoner et al., 2013; WORKS, 2021)
Identify
the
 problem
 Plan/
Design
 Imagine
Create/
Build
Test &
Evaluate
Improve/
Redesign
Share
Solution(s)
STEM Education in Brno, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
10 September, 2024

As a group, try to build the artifact present. To do this, they must follow the engineers’ process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eKhOqsT898&t=10s
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The challenge
3 de novembro, 2023
Cabo Verde, Ilha de Santiago

As a group, try to build the artifact present. To do this, they must follow the engineers’ process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eKhOqsT898&t=10s
Resu
lta
d
os
The challenge
3 de novembro, 2023
Cabo Verde, Ilha de Santiago
Uma imagem com padrão, quadrado, Simetria, arte Descrição gerada automaticamente

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STEM Education in Brno, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
10 September, 2024