{"id":231470,"date":"2023-08-04T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siemens-stiftung.org\/?page_id=231470"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:41:36","slug":"stemplus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.siemens-stiftung.org\/en\/foundation\/education\/stemplus\/","title":{"rendered":"STEMplus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As Siemens Stiftung, we focus on an interdisciplinary approach with <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>STEMplus<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which combines expertise from STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 21st-century skills. <\/span><\/span>In this article, Prof. Dr.<\/span><\/span> Kristina Reiss (TUM School of Education) and Dr.<\/span><\/span> Barbara Filtzinger (Siemens Stiftung) describe the approach.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The STEM subjects have a special role to play in our increasingly technology-driven world. That is why it is important to introduce children and adolescents to the basics in a targeted way, especially in school lessons. However, this should not only be about declarative knowledge, about testable terms and facts. Rather, it is important to stimulate their motivation and interest, to let them experience science through their own actions, and to encourage them to conduct their own experiments, to question them critically, and to discuss the results. Likewise, STEM subjects must be seen in terms of their role in the society, which comes with a special responsibility in terms of the consequences of actions. Here, too, children and adolescents must be able to have experiences that prepare them for participation in society. This includes being open to creative ways outside their own environment, engaging with different aspects of knowledge and respecting other cultures. Thus, it is not enough to limit oneself to the technical aspects of STEM. Rather, a holistic approach is required, the acronym STEMplus <\/em>stands for this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t