STEAM MAKER ACTIVITY: RESEARCHING CONTRIBUTIONS OF EXTRACURRICULAR PRACTICES AT IFBA CAMPUS SEABRA

Abstract

STEAM education – an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics – contemplates the sciences in an interdisciplinary and contextualized way. This is an approach that has gradually been implemented in basic education with the ability to help students understand the real meanings of their learning by developing skills, creativity and specific knowledge, making them free to learn. With the same perspective, comes the Maker movement, known as the “Do it yourself”, which gives the opportunity to experiment, to do and to test. It seeks to attribute meanings to knowledge, bringing the student closer to practical activities for the creation of some instrument or prototype. In this context, this article analyzes the initiatives of the STEAM Maker Education Laboratory (LESTEAMM) exposing the results obtained and discussing their contributions to the teaching-learning process. It was evident that the project promoted extracurricular practices within STEAM Maker stimulated curiosity, reading and new perspectives for the way to acquire scientific knowledge. By bringing practical students who explore science and technology in an applied way, they have developed the critical sense and skills for a better use of technological tools, contextualizing learning based on practical experiences and collective discussions.