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Putting the A in STEAM: Why We Include 艺术 in a 技术 Education
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
We educate out of a deep-rooted belief that each person is created in the image of God as a creative 和 inventive decision-maker. Before Eastern Christian School launched our innovative, tech-centric STEAM program, our students were already thriving in our arts 和 humanities programs.
When we first cast vision for a program that would integrate Science, 技术, 工程, 和 Math (STEM), we surveyed similar programs. 当我们游览时, 采访, 和 assessed STEM programs across the country, we realized that we could use our existing strengths in the arts to bring new life to a strong concept. We decided to add an A for Art, 和 this year, instead of a STEM program, we launched STEAM.
In developing Christian leaders who can effectively influence our culture, art education is essential. 研究 和 prominent voices in education show how much an art component adds to an education. We had already seen the value of arts education in developing curiosity, inquisitiveness, 和 a sense of wonder in our students.
By integrating arts into a technology education, we equip students to think, 工作, 沟通, 和 live more fully. With the aesthetic sense that the arts add to a technology education, students gain a sense of how their 工作 fits into the l和scape of human feeling 和 experience. They develop the imagination 和 techniques they need to 沟通 their ideas in a visual culture.
By putting the A in STEAM, we add a creative, visual element to an already cutting-edge education. This nourishes the hearts as well as the minds of our students, 和 prepares them to influence a world in need of their ideas.
