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Steam Methods

A Case from Egypt

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Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course

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This chapter presents the case of science education in Egypt within the context of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education. Although Egypt is one of the Arab countries that shares with its neighbours social and cultural values, language and historical incidents, what is currently taking place in terms of the emphasis on STEM/STEAM education presents a unique model that is not found in other Arab state countries in Africa or in the Gulf.

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  1. Graduate School of Education, American University in Cairo, Egypt

    Heba El-Deghaidy

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  1. Western Sydney University, Australia

    Aaron J. Sickel

  2. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

    Stephen B. Witzig

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El-Deghaidy, H. (2017). Steam Methods. In: Sickel, A.J., Witzig, S.B. (eds) Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-881-5_5

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