DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ CREATIVE THINKING THROUGH STEM EDUCATION

Abstract

Developing students’ capacity as well as good qualities is always one of the most important objectives of Vietnam’s education; and creative thinking is likely one of the focus. The question here is how to organize learning and teaching activities to develop and foster learners’ creative thinking. In this paper, by exploring different manifestations of creative thinking during the problem-solving process, the author proposes organizing a STEM-oriented project named as “I am an engineer” to develop students’ creative thinking. This paper analyzes the organization of the project “I am an engineer” and its impact on students’ creative thinking development; thereby, proposing a procedure to organize STEM-oriented projects and activities to develop students’ creative thinking. The scores of the students’ creative thinking were collected from three different sources including teacher’s assessment checklist, students’ self-assessment and peer review. Initial research results show that through teaching according to STEM education, students can develop self-reflection and creativity.