Empowering STEM Thinkers Through Argumentation
A Framework for Critical Practice
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Beschreibung
This book offers a comprehensive framework for cultivating critical, creative, and ethical minds in STEM education and practice. It argues that STEM competence goes beyond content mastery to include reasoning, collaboration, digital literacy, and responsible knowledge use. Across nine chapters, the volume explores STEM argumentation, ethical reasoning, design thinking, and networked learning. It introduces philosophical foundations, practical frameworks, and instructional strategies for addressing technological dilemmas, fostering scientific inquiry, and integrating engineering design thinking. The final chapter highlights connectivist learning and digital networks as spaces for collaboration and innovation. Designed for educators, researchers, and practitioners, this book provides conceptual clarity, pedagogical principles, and actionable insights to advance a human-centered vision for STEM education in an interconnected, rapidly evolving world.
This book offers a comprehensive framework for cultivating critical, creative, and ethical minds in STEM education and practice. It argues that STEM competence goes beyond content mastery to include reasoning, collaboration, digital literacy, and responsible knowledge use. Across nine chapters, the volume explores STEM argumentation, ethical reasoning, design thinking, and networked learning. It introduces philosophical foundations, practical frameworks, and instructional strategies for addressing technological dilemmas, fostering scientific inquiry, and integrating engineering design thinking. The final chapter highlights connectivist learning and digital networks as spaces for collaboration and innovation. Designed for educators, researchers, and practitioners, this book provides conceptual clarity, pedagogical principles, and actionable insights to advance a human-centered vision for STEM education in an interconnected, rapidly evolving world.
Positions argumentation as STEM’s core engine, linking reasoning, ethics, and decision-making Bridges human cognition with frontier tech to prepare learners for ethical innovation Delivers an integrated framework uniting theory, practice, and design for human-centered STEM
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Paul Nnanyereugo Iwuanyanwu
Themen in »Empowering STEM Thinkers Through Argumentation«
Argumentation in STEM Ethical reasoning in STEM teaching and learning Human-centered STEM education for future innovation STEM pedagogy integrating ethics and creativity Design thinking and ethics in STEM education STEM education for AI and emerging technologies Connectivist learning in STEM digital networks Responsible STEM practices Integrated STEM framework STEM teaching strategies