STEAM Rising Why We Need To Put The Arts Into STEM Education

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At June 2015, Anna Feldman decided to publish an article titled STEAM Rising Why we need to put the arts into STEM education. She explains upon how instead of the STEM formulation (science, technology, engineering, and math) should add an A for arts making it STEAM. Throughout the article, she explains why it should happen, relating her own personal experiences, and arguments against the change. According to Feldman, applying these design skills to STEAM projects can lead to a variety of ways to use STEM skills in the future. On the contrary, Lloyd M. Bentsen IV, a researcher with National Center for Policy Analysis, states that STEM is struggling with the major problem of student engagement. Him, as well as other critics, believe that there