Abstract:
STEM education is receiving an increasing attention in Hong Kong and world-wide. Its key objective is to develop creativity of students through “design and make” activities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “STEM+A” represents a combination of STEM and its integration with Arts. A minor programme, titled “Creativity”, has already been offered in EdUHK for 5 years. The programme is co-organized by the Science and Arts department, and consists of nine elective courses that include creativity training in science, technology, arts, music, sustainability, teaching and daily-life. The present project aims at strengthening the STEM+A learning in six to eight relevant courses in the Creativity minor, with a special emphasis on art-science integration. A parallel aim of the project is to develop effective methods for enhancing student developments in creativity through this cross-disciplinary STEM+A learning. Our study would adopt the action research approach in designing, implementing, evaluating and revising the teaching and learning methods. At the end, the outcomes of this project will be disseminated through seminar, workshop and publications. Ultimately, we hope that our efforts can benefit all incoming students and teachers in Creativity minor, other programmes of EdUHK, and all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, in the realizing of the creative STEM+A education.
Code:
T0194
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Start Date:
01 Jul 2017
End Date:
30 Jun 2019
Status:
Completed
Result:
Creativity-fostering STEM/STEAM activities were developed and tried-out in 8 courses in the Creativity and STEM/STEAM Minor in 2017-18. In rough estimation, it includes more than 20 activities of very wide nature, from music and visual arts to science and sustainability, from using high technologies to using daily trashes, from embodied inventive exercises to reflection of the nature of human creativity/invention, from teacher-directed to self-directed learning (with specific assessment on creativity in STEM). In parallel, many related creativity-fostering STEM/STEAM extra-curricular activities (including 2 large-scale activities – Dream School and STEM in Science Museum) are organized for and by students of EduHK (both inside and outside our Minor courses).
Impact:
About 240 students (head count) are benefited in our courses, and about 200 students of EdUHK, and 400 secondary and primary school students are benefited in our extra-curricular activities.
Deliverables:
Seminar/Presentations/Sharing Sessions/Workshops
First Seminar cum workshop “Developing Creativity through STEM+A Activity – A sharing across Arts and Sciences” by Dr Cheng Mo Yin Vivian, Dr Wong So Lan, Dr Leung Chi Hin Michael, Dr Chan Man Ho and Mr Chan Ping Man at EdUHK on 29 October 2018. (https://www.eduhk.hk/creativity/view.php?secid=52700&u=u)(https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/e7d06954-04aa-4b6e-b143-3ae7...)(https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/7ddc020b-65d8-457f-9ef1-7f66...)(https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/fbd07898-6e1e-45a6-a804-3d60...)(https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/289255b6-be04-42c8-8de0-ec37...)(https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/ed3eef01-869c-4abd-bec7-2d82...)
Second Seminar cum workshop “Developing Creativity through Cross-Disciplinary STEM+A Learning” by Dr. Cheng Mo Yin, Dr. Wong So Lan, Dr. Leung Chi Hin, Dr. Chan Man Ho, Mr. Chan Ping Man at EdUHK on 13 December 2019. (Number of participants: 40 school teachers and 40 EdUHK students/ staff members)
Teaching and Learning Resources/ Materials (including online resources)
Creativity and STEM/STEAM website: https://www.eduhk.hk/creativity/(https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/5da38cd6-3f0c-4d7c-a38e-0110...)
Cheng, V. M.Y., Wong, S. L., Leung, C. H., Chan, M. H. & Chan, P. M. (2020). Developing Creativity through Cross-Disciplinary STEM+A Learning. The Education University of Hong Kong. China: Hong Kong. (https://www.eduhk.hk/creativity/view.php?secid=53342&u=u)
Others
Enhancing Creativity Development through Cross-disciplinary STEM+A Learning: Exhibition and Seminar at the Hong Kong Science Festival 2019.
Financial Year:
2016-17
Type:
TDG