Integrative Thinking and Knowledge Generation in STEA+M Education: Trans-Disciplinary Understandings of Inquiry-based Practices

Kidman, Gillian; Tan, Hazel; Gesthuizen, Roland; Mangao, Dominador D.

ISBN 10: 3032032466 / ISBN 13: 9783032032461

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Integrative Thinking and Knowledge Generation in STEA+M Education: Trans-Disciplinary Understandings of Inquiry-based Practices
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3032032466
• ISBN 13: 9783032032461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines how integrative practices are conceived, described, and taught within the context of STEA+M education. STEA+M education is far more than a disciplinary expansion of STEM education; it is a paradigmatic shift in educational purpose and practice, offering a framework for rethinking how knowledge is produced, whose voices are legitimised, and what purposes education serves.  The authors argue that teachers must not only understand the knowledge and skills of a specialist discipline but also understand how to integrate and synthesise knowledge in a cross-disciplinary fashion between several disciplines simultaneously. For teachers to effectively integrate multiple educational domains, they must engage students in integrative STEA+M thinking practices such as inquiry-based learning, student agency, and neo-twenty-first century skills. This must occur not only within, but also across, disciplines in an integrated manner, whether this involves multi-, inter-, or trans-disciplinary approaches. This skill is defined as integrative inquiry literacy. 

About the Author

Gillian Kidman is from Monash University, Australia. She specialises in science, mathematics, geography education, and integrative STEM/STEAM education.

Hazel Tan is from Monash University, Australia. She specialises in secondary mathematics and integrative STEM/STEAM education.

Roland Gesthuizen is a senior teacher with the Department of Education Victoria, Australia. He specialises in digital pedagogy and computational thinking. 

Dominador Dizon Mangao is from the Philippine Normal University, Philippines. He is a specialist in science education.