The development of STEM integrated with local context and 21st century skills for teaching fluids for grade 12 science students

Abstract

This article aimed to review, analyze and synthesize the literature related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and context-based learning, and 21st century skills. This is documentary research with selected documents related to STEM from the national and international contexts. The teaching steps from these literatures were analyzed by using content analysis. From the analysis, the STEM Integrated with Local Context and 21st Century Skills for teaching Fluids in physics for grade 12 students consisted of seven teaching steps (E2IDCEA): 1) Explore prior knowledge and determine the targeted context, 2) Identify the problem, 3) Investigate the problem and set hypotheses, 4) Design way to solve the problem, 5) Create prototype, test and improve, 6) Exchange knowledge and 7) Application and evaluation. These seven teaching steps were applied in designing a lesson plan for teaching the fluid topic in physics for grade 12 students. Science teachers can explore one example of lesson plan being shown in this paper for more understanding and further apply this new pedagogy into their physics classrooms or other assigned subjects.