Research Article
Research on the Influence of STEM Curriculum on Ecological Consciousness for Primary School Students
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-11-2023.2343623, author={Tianshu Wang and Chao Wan and Ying Xie}, title={Research on the Influence of STEM Curriculum on Ecological Consciousness for Primary School Students}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet Technology and Educational Informatization, ITEI 2023, November 24--26, 2023, Zhengzhou, China}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ITEI}, year={2024}, month={4}, keywords={ecological consciousness stem curriculum primary school students}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-11-2023.2343623} }- Tianshu Wang
Chao Wan
Ying Xie
Year: 2024
Research on the Influence of STEM Curriculum on Ecological Consciousness for Primary School Students
ITEI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-11-2023.2343623
Abstract
As a new field of key competencies in the 21st century, environmental competencies have been increasingly focused by social. People also pay more attention to ecological education. This study proposed a kind of STEM curriculum framework and teaching model that aims at cultivating ecological consciousness. This study designed and achieved the “STEM + Ecological Consciousness" Curriculum including four projects: natural ecology, social life, economy and technology, Participation and decision-making. Then, this study investigated the ecological consciousness of fifth-grade students through a single set of pre-and post-test experiments and linear regression analysis of influencing factors, from the perspectives of four projects. Study results show that ecological-oriented STEM teaching improves students’ ecological consciousness, and ecological consciousness is an important factor in the formation of ecological behavior. This study provides a STEM teaching case, which is committed to developing ecological consciousness, in order to serve as a reference for researchers and practitioners.