Valentina Terzieva , Elena Paunova-Hubenova , Savina Slavcheva
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STEM education aims to prepare students for their future jobs, providing authentic tasks and problems to solve. Usually, approaches to teaching STEM subjects are based on a constructivist learning theory that accentuates active, practical, and interactive learning approaches. Nowadays, the implementation of STEM education faces several logistical and pedagogical challenges, which can impact the effectiveness of STEM education programs. The conditions for applying information technologies in STEM education in Bulgarian schools and universities are presented. The paper proposes a conceptual model of the innovative STEM educational system, which includes personalization and optimization of the applied teaching methods.
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