Stem embedded in the dujiangyan irrigation system: A descriptive-interpretive analysis to design stem course

Jon Chao Hong, Jian Hong Ye*, Ya Jiuan Ho, Ya Jun Wang

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研究成果: 雜誌貢獻期刊論文同行評審

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摘要

STEM (science, technol-ogy, engineering, and mathematics) education is recognized as the world’s top education program. However, few STEM programs have been designed based on cultural-historical events. To explore this issue, the present study drew on the cultural-historical activity theory and the content analysis method by adopting the descriptive-interpretative approach to explore the STEM content of the Dujiang-yan Irrigation System (DIS) in present-day Sichuan, China. As early as 2,275 years ago during the Warring States period, Li Bing, the governor of Shu Shire in the Qin state, implicitly implemented the STEM concept when building the irrigation system. The results of this study indicate that the DIS incorporates Science (e.g., the hydraulic principle), Technology (e.g., making a large cobblestone Bamboo-Cage for building Fish Mouth), Engineering (e.g., water-level measurement) and Mathematics (e.g., Calculation of sand discharge). Adopting an educational pedagogy proposed by UN-ESCO which emphasized learning concepts from daily life, the present study draws on a cultural-historical event to inform STEM learning. The method and results of this study can be applied in the design of STEM programs based on other cultural-historical events from around the world.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)764-779
頁數16
期刊Journal of Baltic Science Education
19
發行號5
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 教育

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