Driven by the aspiration to create an open learning environment that inspires creativity and a passion for science among its students, Nguyen Trai Primary School (Buon Ma Thuot City) has organized a variety of STEM education activities on different scales. These include small STEM lessons in the classroom, school-wide STEM events, and participation in city-level STEM competitions.
Through this, students are free to create STEM products from familiar materials (paper, tape, Lego, milk cartons, plastic bottles) such as: making cute trash cans and plant pots; building a tree-shaped mind map about family; a nutrition pyramid; assembling creative models...
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| Students visit the STEM booth of class 5A6, Nguyen Trai Primary School (Buon Ma Thuot City). |
With guidance from his teacher and support from his mother, Le Van Kien, a 5th-grade student in class 5A6 at Nguyen Trai Primary School (Buon Ma Thuot City), completed his STEM project, a "hydraulic arm" (made from paper and plastic tubes), to display at the school's STEM festival. According to Kien, the process of creating the STEM product with his mother was a happy learning experience; he was also proud to receive praise from his teacher and to have his classmates enjoy trying out the product.
The spirit of simplifying STEM education has also spread to more disadvantaged areas. At No Trang Loeng Primary School (Krong Pac district), students had meaningful STEM experiences right in the school garden through the lesson "growing green vegetables". Under the dedicated guidance of teachers, students directly participated in every stage of growing vegetables, such as preparing seeds and materials (trays, eggshells, soil, paper bowls), practicing planting, caring for, and harvesting...
Ms. Le Thi Viet, Principal of No Trang Long Primary School, shared that, given the school's unique characteristics as a school with a large number of ethnic minority students and many from disadvantaged families, mobilizing social resources for STEM education faces many challenges. Therefore, the school has flexibly chosen to integrate STEM education into practical activities, closely related to daily life and suitable to the existing facilities, in order to provide lessons that are relevant and practical for the students.
According to Ms. Nguyen Kim Anh Thu, Principal of Nguyen Trai Primary School (Buon Ma Thuot City), the implementation of STEM education has effectively promoted the qualities and abilities of students. Students have proactively applied the knowledge they have learned, combined with guidance from teachers, to creatively solve real-life problems.
The lessons are structured in a cyclical manner centered around the student: students prepare materials readily available in their daily lives; practice creating products; display their products at home, in the classroom, in the school hallway, or on the school grounds; and explore their STEM creations...
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| Students at No Trang Loeng Primary School (Krong Pac district) harvest vegetables in the schoolyard. |
Agreeing with the above viewpoint, Ms. Ngoc Thi Nuong, a primary school teacher at Victory Primary, Secondary, and High School (Buon Ma Thuot City), affirmed that STEM-oriented teaching is one of the superior "active teaching methods" capable of stimulating creative thinking, proactive spirit, and knowledge acquisition in students. This is because primary school students are still playful and not yet fully focused on learning. STEM education activities give students the opportunity to learn while playing and to play a central role throughout the learning process. The active participation of students creates a vibrant and exciting learning atmosphere, attracting the participation of a large number of students, thereby improving the quality of each lesson.
In reality, STEM education at the primary school level is more effective when it's simple; using familiar and relatable teaching materials from everyday life encourages young scientists to ask many questions and learn purposefully to explore the world around them. In this way, familiar things become interesting and meaningful lessons in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The Ministry of Education and Training requires that from the 2024-2025 school year, localities must develop plans to implement STEM education in all primary schools, ensuring quality; with a focus on improving the capacity of schools and teachers to organize STEM activities.
Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202504/giao-duc-stem-bac-tieu-hockhai-pha-chat-lieu-tu-cuoc-song-c4b1b53/
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