A “Chinese Approach” to STEM Education Innovation and Development
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Purpose This study explores the urgent need for a distinct “Chinese approach” to the innovation and development of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in China. Design/Approach/Methods By analyzing the strategic importance of localizing STEM education in China, this study advances a systematic framework for constructing a “Chinese approach” to innovative STEM development. Findings The Chinese-style approach proposed by this study retains the core tenets of STEM while systemically emphasizing the educational functions of engineering-based, practice-oriented, and integrative learning, as well as education empowered by digital intelligence. It also reflects traditional Chinese values and local characteristics. Grounded in the implementation of the new curriculum, we recommend integrating artificial intelligence technologies across the full scope of school education, incorporating relevant elements into the national curriculum, highlighting distinctiveness through the development of local and school-based STEM curricula, and expanding educational opportunities via extracurricular clubs and off-campus institutions. Originality/Value By combining the global principles of STEM with Chinese cultural traditions and systemic design, this study outlines a pathway for advancing innovative STEM education with Chinese characteristics.
Source: ECNU Review of Education
Authors: Yunhuo Cui (崔允漷), Chengyu Yang (杨澄宇), Wenye Zhou (周文叶), Zehua Dong (董泽华), Hongrui Guo (郭洪瑞), Zihong Zhang (张紫红)
Institutions: East China Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University
Language: English
Topic: STEM Education
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7106533271