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According to Morrison (2006), the implementation of STEM education should enable students to be:
Problem-solvers - able to define questions and problems, design investigations to gather data, collect and organize data, draw conclusions, and then apply understandings to new and novel situations.
Innovators - creatively use science, mathematics, and technology concepts and principles by applying them to the engineering design process.
Inventors - recognize the needs of the world and creatively design, test, redesign, and then implement solutions (engineering process).
Self-reliant - able to use initiative and self-motivation to set agendas, develop and gain self-confidence, and work within time specified time frames.
Logical thinkers - able to apply rational and logical thought processes of science, mathematics, and engineering design to innovation and invention.
Technologically literate - understand and explain the nature of technology, develop the skills needed, and apply technology appropriately.
On the other hand, each of the IB's programmes is committed to the development of students according to the IB learner profile ('Learner profile for IB students', n.d.). The profile's aims to develop learners who are:
- Inquirers
- Knowledgeable
- Thinkers
- Communicators
- Open-minded
- Caring
- Risk-takers
- Balanced
- Reflective
Read the excerpts in TIES STEM education monograph series, attributes of STEM education and Learner profile for IB students about the envisaged outcomes of the implementation of STEM and the IB programs. Compare and contrast the two views. Support your ideas with examples based on this week's readings and cite sources, using APA format where applicable. In your initial post, consider the following:
- Discuss how your views are similar or different.
- List some ways you will make your classroom more of an active learning environment.
- Discuss how you teach in order to achieve any of the envisaged learning outcomes.
- Compare and contrast your thoughts with the ideas of three other participants in the discussion forum.