Develops readers understanding about the status and approaches to STEAM education
Connects arts and sciences for teachers and students to engage in work that integrates disciplines
Explores how design thinking provides a framework that STEM teachers can use in their own curricular design.

Includes case studies, lessons learned, classroom-tested examples, and practical tips

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Dr Myint Swe Khine is a Professor and Chair of Assessment and Evaluation Centre, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates and Adjunct Professor at the Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He obtained Master degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, and Doctor of Science Education from Curtin University, Australia. Before joining ECAE, he worked at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has published widely and edited books on science education. Recent book Visual-spatial Ability in STEM Education: Transforming Research into Practice (2017) is published by Springer in Switzerland.

Dr Shaljan Areepattamannil holds a Ph.D. in Education from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Curriculum and Instructional Technology at Abu Dhabi Government's Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE). Prior to joining ECAE, Dr Shaljan was a research scientist in the Office of Education Research and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Previously, he served as a teaching fellow in quantitative methods in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University. His research interests primarily revolve around the role of psychology in STEAM education.

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Inquiry, Investigative Processes, Art, and Writing in STEAM, Adam Stroud & Lawrence Baines.- Structuring STEAM Inquiries: Lessons Learned from Practice, Sarah Bush & Kristin Cook.- Creating a STEAM Map: A Content Analysis of Visual Art Practices in STEAM Education, Christine Liao.- Design Thinking Gives STEAM to Curriculum: A Framework for Integrating STEM and the Arts, Danah Henriksen, Rohit Mehta & Swati Mehta.- Effect of Makerspace Professional Development Activities on Elementary and Middle School Educator Perceptions of Integrating Technologies with STEM, Jennifer Horner Miller.- The Emergence of the Creativity in STEM: Fostering an Alternative Approach for STEM Instruction through the use of the Arts, Michael Marmon.- Designing a Rhetoric of Aesthetics: the (often) Forgotten Link between Art and STEM: Framing Theory and Practice, Rohit Mehta, Sarah Keenan, Danah Henriksen & Punya Mishra.- Moving TowardsTransdisciplinary Instruction: A Longitudinal Examination of STEAM Teaching Practices, Cassie F. Quigley, Dani Herro & Abigail Baker.- Multidisciplinary Group Composition in the STEAM Classroom, John Sundquist.