STEAM x Value Education Cultivate new innovation and technology forces with both moral integrity and talent

With the rapid development of society, cultivating students' 21st century generic abilities is the key to enabling them to realize their potential. S.K.H. Yautong Kei Hin Primary SchoolPromote STEAM education and programming learning, cultivate students' abilities to create, collaborate and solve problems, with the goal of responding to social changes and challenges. The school deepens values ​​education through diversified and comprehensive learning and teaching strategies, which not only promotes learning effectiveness, but also strengthens students' ability to apply knowledge and skills. Principal Su Yongsi leads the teaching team to design different areas of scientific inquiry activities for students. The content focuses on the connection between life and technology, emphasizing "learning in life", cultivating students' spirit of exploration, and teaching them to use the 4A learning method (Aim, Act, Adjust, and Apply) to build independent learning abilities.

Pay attention to long-term development and optimize equipment creation space

The school has always kept pace with the times, actively catered to the educational needs of STEAM, and created a diversified learning space for students. In campus planning, President Su made good use of every space and built an innovation and technology learning base in the indoor playground. In conjunction with the teaching plan, various innovation and technology activities are regularly held in different learning areas of the "Multiple Intelligence Self-Study Center". Under the guidance of teachers, students learn how to apply new technologies such as drones, robots, and rail cars, and enjoy a different learning experience. Principal Su pointed out: "Providing students with more places and resources to learn STEAM hopes to cooperate with their long-term development and implement the purpose of 'learning to live and apply it in life'. At the same time, popularizing STEAM education is also the school's development vision, which can bring more opportunities for students to develop their potential."

"Motion" is an important element of STEAM

Director Wang Fengneng, who is in charge of the Science and Technology Innovation Group, believes that STEAM education can not only cultivate students’ knowledge and skills, but also build students’ self-confidence. He set up a STEAM group in school. What impressed me the most was that students who were new to the group would often ask: "Can I do this?" or "Is this the right thing to do?". Director Wang would patiently encourage: "I appreciate your ideas and try to do it!". Students are often able to use their creativity and think of different ways to complete tasks. Director Wang believes that one of the most important elements of STEAM is "movement". Students need to "move" and take the first step to achieve their goals.

Deepen professional cooperation and keep pace with innovation and technology development trends

In order to fully promote the development of STEAM education, the school actively participates in a number of support programs organized by universities, secondary schools and innovation and technology institutions, including the "Cool Think@JC Jockey Club Computational Thinking Education" program, the "Minecraft Yuanverse Campus Application Pilot Program" and the "Robots, Science and Technology and Green Creativity Science Popularization Program", etc., in order to grasp the development trends of innovative technology and provide students with teaching that keeps pace with the times. At the same time, Principal Su also encourages teachers to conduct professional exchanges outside the school and strengthen connections with the science and entrepreneurship community to deepen the effectiveness and learning elements of STEAM education. The large-scale mechanical car in the self-study center is the scientific innovation result of the school's participation in the support project. The car has become a teaching material in the "STEAM Project Study Week", allowing junior primary school students to learn how to make small mechanical cars. It is also flexibly combined with the teaching content of general knowledge subjects, allowing students to have a deeper experience and understanding when teachers teach mechanics principles, and become little scientists.

Integrate artistic creativity and learn to solve life problems

Technology should be connected with life to benefit mankind. Therefore, when guiding students to produce STEAM works, the teaching team teaches students to start from the perspective of human needs. At the same time, they also pay attention to the personalized design of the works and combine visual art knowledge to enhance students' creativity and beauty. During the epidemic, students developed a series of anti-epidemic technology products. Among them, fourth-grade students combined programming learning and visual arts elements to create a "contactless" automatic sensor hand sanitizer machine, and designed the hand sanitizer bottles in the shapes of different animals and huts; while fifth- and sixth-grade students invented products such as social distance reminders to increase citizens' awareness of epidemic prevention. The achievements of the school's STEAM education are obvious to all. Students are even invited to be interviewed by radio and television stations to introduce their scientific and creative works to the public and explain the creative concepts and operating principles of the works. The school has successfully created a passionate atmosphere for innovation and technology, leading students to achieve great results in a number of external competitions, such as winning the championship and third runner-up in the RoboMaster Division (Sai ​​Kung District) Challenge (remote control + program application), winning the third runner-up and the Outstanding Performance Award in the (Kwun Tong District) Challenge, and winning the championship and the first place in the Hong Kong competition in the 2023 Youth Challenge Group Competition; and winning the championship in the Kwun Tong District Drone Obstacle Race (Remote Control).

Combining training and supplementary thinking to cultivate empathy and values

The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of values. The teaching team encourages students to apply STEAM skills in daily life, put themselves in others' shoes, understand the needs of others, and combine creativity and technology to help others, thereby cultivating empathy. For example: "As a big inclusive and friendly family, students know how to care about the people and things around them. They noticed that the cleaners work hard to clean the campus on weekdays, and hope to reduce their work burden, so they use design thinking and STEAM Knowledge and skills, the process of making electric cleaning vehicles is more meticulous, ensuring the practicality and safety of the cleaning vehicles. "The students' excellent scientific works not only combine life skills and professional subject knowledge, but also reflect the effectiveness of the school's values education, allowing students to have the ability and attitude to face challenges.

In addition, the school also invites different guests to the school to share their own innovation and technology growth journey, so that students can learn from their successful experiences and set learning goals. For example, "Child of the Star" Chen Yixi came to school earlier to share how to cultivate curiosity during school and move towards dreams and goals by enjoying the process of inquiry. Principal Su said, "Yi Xi flew drones with students that day and built a solar panel electric boat together. The students even actively asked questions about technical issues and were very engaged. His enthusiasm for technological innovation and his seriousness in inheriting have benefited the students a lot and injected motivation into embarking on the journey of innovation and technology."

Explore the mysteries of nature and understand marine ecological conservation

The school attaches great importance to the interaction between students and the learning environment to create an immersive learning experience. To this end, an ecological aquarium is set up in the general knowledge room to simulate the natural ecosystem. By designing thematic school-based courses and permeating values ​​education, students can understand marine ecology and practice the concept of environmental conservation. By raising different corals and marine organisms, students observe the ecosystem and interdependence between marine organisms, thereby exploring and feeling the magnificence of nature. They also develop a positive attitude towards caring for the environment, learn to cherish the earth's precious resources, and contribute to sustainable development. Principal Su added: "Rich learning experiences can help stimulate students' learning motivation and deepen teaching content. Therefore, in addition to school-based courses, the teaching team also provides various experience opportunities from aspects such as environmental facilities and after-school activities to guide students to actively explore different social issues and practice positive values."