What is STEM Education? An Overview of Research

Today, the STEM educational approach has become a global movement. Life in this century requires a series of skills that can be achieved through STEM. This educational approach eliminates the gap between theory and practice and is a kind of integrated combination of four fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In this method, the teacher plays the role of a guide and unlike the traditional method of the teacher, he does not dictate science to the learners. Also, this method requires the active participation of learners. In the conducted studies, it has been determined that this educational approach improves learning in students. Because it prepares learners to solve problems in the real world. Today, the advanced countries of the world are implementing this educational approach in their educational centers such as schools and universities, and they have even established special centers for the implementation of this educational approach and are spending a lot of money on this. According to the research conducted in this field, it seems necessary to equip the country's educational system with this educational approach. Today, what is desirable in educational systems is the integrated and comprehensive education of learners and students (Motahri-nejad, 2015).