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Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger comments in the following way: “In order to master the great challenges of the future, such as climate change and digitization, we have to get more children and young people excited about STEM.” In this spirit, the government aims to further expand the number of MINT clusters with an additional funding competition. Currently there are 53 clusters across Germany, many of them in rural areas. They create creative places of learning and low-threshold, extracurricular educational opportunities. Now 15 to 20 more clusters are to be added. But what can make STEM more engaging for youngsters? To answer this question three tech trends and an additional feature can be the bridge to empower STEM to be more engaging for youngsters. In my book Learning Design in Practice for Everybody I identify STEM schools to have a growing impact in the future. At the same time, STEM should adopt an A to make the concept fully adapted for the Digital Society. These schools that are directed on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics, the Art-part is bringing the necessary soft skills, which makes the “concept” complete. Just like steam in its physical form was one of the main drivers at the birth of the Industrial Society. STEAM in its educational form will lead the way for the knowledge-based society of the Digital Age. More about STEM to STEAM Written by Counselling – Learning Design and Knowledge Management best practice interaQtive Books on demandThree tech trends to unlock the potential of STEM
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