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E-STEM learning creates a dynamic environment where students learn to analyze, criticize and, rationalize their decisions to play effective roles in their communities. Thus, professional development programs should be prepared to train teachers in both entrepreneurship and STEM education. Constructivist alignment between the intended outcomes of E-STEM learning, teachers’ instruction, and possible assessment practices should be emphasized to effectively implement Entrepreneurial-STEM learning. However, developing both formative and summative assessment practices that accurately measure students’ progress and improve learning outcomes is challenging.
Research community concerning E-STEM learning works tirelessly to create new valid and reliable tools of authentic assessment that allow teachers to identify students’ strengths, their needs and how to improve their entrepreneurial companies. Moreover, E-STEM assessment tools should draw a visible roadmap for students to become assessment-capable learners.
Entrepreneurial-STEM learning offers several benefits to both students and the economy, including improved career prospects, enhanced skills, promoted entrepreneurial activity, and economic growth. Thus, the implications of E-STEM learning are very promising because it can contribute to the work place development through preparing more students for of careers in high-demand fields such as engineering, technology, entrepreneurship and any business-based STEM careers to better enhance the economic growth of the countries. Additionally, it can promote sustainability, social and environmental responsibility by encouraging students to develop solutions to real-world issues that have a positive impact on society and the environment.
In conclusion, education system should be responsive to the world’ demands through producing a new generation of students who are scientifically, mathematically, technologically and entrepreneurially literate. Consistent efforts are done in education for a change to the better. E-STEM learning offers tangible solutions to reduce the skill gap between what we are able to do, and what future unknow careers need. Yet E-STEM learning opens up completely new learning spaces to launch our students in the direction of their new world.
Reference
Eltanahy, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial-STEM Learning. STEM Best Practice Magazine. https://magazine.stembestpractice.com/may2023/viewer/desktop/
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