Transformative STE(A)M Education for A Sustainable World

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201201.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Stem, Materialist Worldview, Education for Sustainability, Steam, Arts

Abstract

Students of the natural sciences learn to understand objectively and reductively the world out there – at arm’s length - the world of naturally occurring systems. However, this materialistic worldview has not only fueled the 4th Industrial Revolution but has also triggered the Anthropocene, an unprecedented geological era that is disrupting the planet’s natural systems and giving rise to global crises such as climate change, extreme weather, acidification of the oceans, catastrophic wildfires, loss of biocultural diversity, and plastic pollution of our rivers, oceans and food chains. But all is not lost! As a mentor of STEM educators undertaking transformative research, I have witnessed the power of the arts to generate deep insights into the nonmaterial world – the world in here - the subjective realm of personal experience wherein lies our sedimented values that underpin our professional identities and practices. For visionary STE(A)M educators, the arts provide powerful methods for transforming the worldviews of their students, to empower them with the capacity and commitment to live and work sustainably. In this presentation I will argue the moral (ethical) imperative that STEM educators need to embrace the arts for the purpose of preparing their students for the sustainable development of Society 5.0.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Peter C. Taylor
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