STEM EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT SCHOOL

Abstract

The article examines STEM education as a means of teaching a foreign language at school, reveals that STEM education is not a separate subject, it implies the integration of knowledge from different areas, thanks to which STEM education can be used in teaching different subject to children. A key feature of STEM education is interaction of junior students in teamwork, in the course of children’s activities in the mode of creation and protection of projects. Through project activities, students get an opportunity to activate the creative, emotional, creative component of their personality. STEM education allows children to be involved in conscious active work in the natural sciences, thereby ensuring the success of future adults in the world of constantly improving information technology. The STEM approach is not so much a certain method of learning but a certain way of thinking. Through the way of thinking developed this way, children will be able to cope with global problems as they grow up. All this becomes possible thanks to the interdisciplinary applied nature of STEM education.