North America elementary and junior high schools to have more STEM options
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:28 pm
Our elementary schools have plenty art programs.
In junior high they still almost only offer food, fashion, art and drama as options.
There are some robotics, science and computer programming in senior high, but too late and not nearly enough in depth and width.
If young kids aren’t introduced to those things in earlier grades, they will have a very difficult time being comfortable with them.
Nowadays technology changes drastically , we can’t predict what current students will need to know in future. All the more reason to find a balance, learning how to generally use technology, develop ability to gain knowledge and grow critical thinking and judgment skills.
In junior high they still almost only offer food, fashion, art and drama as options.
There are some robotics, science and computer programming in senior high, but too late and not nearly enough in depth and width.
If young kids aren’t introduced to those things in earlier grades, they will have a very difficult time being comfortable with them.
Nowadays technology changes drastically , we can’t predict what current students will need to know in future. All the more reason to find a balance, learning how to generally use technology, develop ability to gain knowledge and grow critical thinking and judgment skills.