The Development of STEAM Education Material Focused on Elementary Mathematics Using Architectures

Abstract

Ar c h i t e c t u r ei su s u a l l y s e e n a sap r o d u c to fa r ta n d t e c h n o l o g y .Ho we v e r ,mo s th i s t o r i c a l b u i l d i n g sa l s oe x e mp l i f yv a r i o u ss o p h i s t i c a t e dp r i n c i p l e so fma t h e ma t i c s . Ou t s t a n d i n ge x a mp l e s o fa r c h i t e c t u r ea r o u n dt h ewo r l ds u c ha sS e o k g u r a m, Da e wo o n g j u no fBu l g u k s a , Mu r y a n g s u j e o n o fBu s e o k s a ,a n d t h e P a r t h e n o n p r o v i d e s t u d e n t s wi t h a g r e a to p p o r t u n i t y t o s t u d y t h e i r u n d e r l y i n gma t h e ma t i c a lp r o p e r t i e sa n dp r i n c i p l e s .Th ea c t i v i t yo fi d e n t i f y i n ga n di n v e s t i g a t i n g s u c hma t h e ma t i c a l p r i n c i p l e si nh i s t o r i c a l b u i l d i n g se n a b l e ss t u d e n t st or e a l i z et h a tma t h e ma t i c s i s a p r a c t i c a ls u b j e c t ,a n d t h u s p r o v i d e s j u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r t h e s t u d y a n d i mp o r t a n c e o f ma t h e ma t i c s .F o rt h ep u r p o s eo ft h i ss t u d yh i s t o r i c a la r c h i t e c t u r ewa sr e v i e we dwi t ht h i si n mi n d i n o r d e r t o d e v e l o p S TE AM e d u c a t i o n ma t e r i a l s f o c u s e d o n e l e me n t a r y s c h o o l ma t h e ma t i c s . Th er e s u l to ft h i ss t u d yi sa sf o l l o ws : f i r s to fa l l , a p p r o p r i a t ee x a mp l e so fh i s t o r i c a l a r c h i t e c t u r ewe r es e l e c t e do nt h eb a s i so ft h e2 0 0 9r e v i s e dc u r r i c u l u m' sc o n t e n ta n dt e a c h i n g g o a l s .Th e s e i n v o l v e d c h a p t e r s o n ' p r o p o r t i o n ' ,' s y mme t r y ' ,' mo v e me n to ff i g u r e s ' ,' b u i l d i n g b l o c k s ' , a n d' t r i a n g l e s ' . S e c o n d l y , ame t a -a n a l y s i swa sp e r f o r me do nt h eh i s t o r i c a l b u i l d i n g st h a t c l e a r l y i l l u s t r a t e ma t h e ma t i c a lp r i n c i p l e s .Th i r d l y ,S TE AM e d u c a t i o n ma t e r i a l s f o c u s e d o n e l e me n t a r y ma t h e ma t i c s u s i n g a r c h i t e c t u r a le x a mp l e s we r e d e v e l o p e d wh i c h ma d e a c t u a l a p p l i c a t i o ni nc l a s s r o o msp o s s i b l e . An dl a s t l y , s u r v e y so fp r o f e s s i o n a l g r o u p swe r ec o n d u c t e dt o v e r i f ywh e t h e rt h ep r o d u c e dma t e r i a l swe r es u i t a b l et e a c h i n gr e s o u r c e s .

Analysis of Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions of Mathematics-Focused STEAM Education in Korea

“…This is consistent with the fact that many studies on STEAM education have been mainly conducted in scientific subjects. To date, STEAM education related research has been largely based on program development (Lee & Yoon, 2014), model development for application (Kim, 2011;Kim, Chung, Woo, & Lee, 2012;Rhie, Kim, & Kim;, and surveying teachers' perceptions (Han & Lee, 2012). However, in order to effectively apply STEAM education, the perceptions and demands of in-service teachers on STEAM education need to be continually examined.…”