Creating a Culture of Transdisciplinary Learning in STEAM Education for K-12 Students

Abstract

This paper presents an understanding of transdisciplinary education for K-12 STEAM students. Following four main transdisciplinary elements that can be exposed in the K-12 STEAM education curriculum were briefly explained: (1) attitudes of being transdisciplinarity, (2) transdisciplinary research aptitudes, (3) transdisciplinary thinking skills, (4) transdisciplinary integrated K-12 curriculum. The proposed transdisciplinary Innovation Platform (TIP) facilitates TD integration of science, art, math, social studies, technology, engineering, computational science, tools, and knowledge to meet the diverse needs of young students were also presented.