STEAM + X Models in the Teaching of Integrated Sciences: Examples for Practice

AUTHOR(S) / АУТОР(И): Stanko Cvjetićanin , Mirjana Maričić , Jasmina Damnjanović , Milica Obadović

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DOI: 10.46793/STEAM-X24.138C

ABSTRACT / САЖЕТАК:

In primary – classroom teaching, there is integration only between the
contents related to natural sciences (integrated sciences – IS). Howev-
er, these contents are insufficiently presented through the STEAM + X
approach, i.e. they are insufficiently connected into a single whole with
technology, engineering, art, mathematics (STEAM), as well as with
other disciplines (X letter in an acronym, such as literature, language,
history, etc.). Based on a detailed analysis of textbooks and manuals
from IS in the Republic of Serbia (RS), no models were found by which
these contents could be presented to students through the STEAM + X
approach. Therefore, it is necessary to create STEAM + X models for
its processing The aim of our research is focused on the selection of
contents and the creation of STEAM + X models for their implemen-
tation within the curricular and extracurricular activities of students.
The created models can be used not only for the implementation of the
STEAM + X approach but also for the creation of new ideas and ways
to connect selected and other IS contents, with one or more different
disciplines. In this way, it would help to adapt classroom teaching in
the RS as much as possible to the individuality of students, to integrate
acquired knowledge into a unique whole, and to connect them with
different forms of social life and activities.

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