This blog will show the advantages of choosing the STEM strand, it will help you to decide in your future endeavor. Especially if you still haven’t decided what to pick.
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It focuses in teaching students with innovation and experimentation. The common mindset of people is that it is a difficult strand, that’s why many are pressured to choose this particular field.
Then why pick this strand?
Simply because it will:
- Develop critical thinking skills.
- Builds resillience, with the failure and success that they will experience from their activities.
- Improve social sensibilities, the student will develop social skills especially in group activities to be able to succeed.(Teamwork)
- Tech use, it teaches them the power of technology and innovation. It will also allow them to adopt with the new technology they will encounter in the future.
- Knowledge application, To be able to succeed in life students can apply all their knowledge in different scenarios.
- Fosters ingenuity and creativity: Ingenuity and creativity can pair with STEM and lead to new ideas and innovations.
- It teaches problem-solving
Reference: https://www.theedadvocate.org/7-benefits-of-stem-education/ by Matthew Lynch
“Creativity is the secret sauce to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). It is a STEM virtue.” – Ainissa G. Ramirez, PhD, former engineering professor at Yale University
Not to be biased but I think this field is the most interesting one – now in 21st century, technology is now becoming more of a “mainstream” in our society, and it is what STEM Education is the most reliable at.
In my experience i chose STEM for I am aiming to become an engineer someday. It’s a great experience thus far. This benefits and advantages will help me achieve my dreams. However it will still depends upon you, choose what you like they said, because being free is what makes us good after all.
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