Thread: STEM vs. STEAM
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Re: STEM vs. STEAM

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I think there's a pretty clear division there, even though skills are representative across disciplines. To me, STEAM is about creation of discrete objects and ideas.
How does this definition include both music and mathematics but exclude literary criticism (you pretty clearly create distinct "ideas" in the latter)?

If it does not - why on earth must we also advocate for literary criticism whenever we mean to advocate for STEM?
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