Designing STEM Topics for Educating Primary School Student According to the General Education Program (2018)

Abstract

STEM education is becoming a trend of modern education. In 2018, Vietnam promulgated a new General Education Program. In particular, STEM education is considered an inevitable consequence of the transformation of educational goals, from focusing on knowledge formation to developing students' competencies. STEM education is encouraged to apply not only in potential subjects such as Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics but also in all subjects in the educational program. Through this, it can be seen that STEM education is highly valued by the builders of the general education program in our country. On the basis of analyzing and synthesizing research on STEM education, summarizing experiences in implementing STEM education in some localities of Vietnam, this article focus on analyzing the nature and characteristics of STEM education, analyzing approaches in STEM education and applying them to design STEM education topics for primary school students.