Resumen de STEAM and Inclusive Education: Hands-on science experiments using static electricity
Education policies progressivelyreflect the need for an improved and generalisedscientific literacy. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics)education embraces this goal and manyprograms have been implement to target theneed for an active and effective STEAMeducation at all school levels from kindergartenthrough high school.This study was implemented in the Room 1 ofthe Learning support centre of the school,attended by eleven students (one girl and tenboys), six of those with Autism SpectrumDisorders (ASD), in which we apply structuredteaching methodologies. The results of thisstudy aim to reveal the potential for creativityand the role of inclusion and STEAM education.Experiments using static are fun. When mostpeople consider experiments using staticelectricity, then visualise the one involving hairand a balloon. Though, many furtherexperiments will amaze people of any age andcan effectually also exemplify how physics andchemistry are used in creating illusions.The present paper presents the analysis of datathat involved one teacher and students workingin Learning support centre context, during workgroup. The paper reported simple sciencehands-on activities on static electricity, throughthe lens of creativity. Most students showedenthusiasm and joy during the experimentalactivities being much more focus and committedthan usual. The activities herein reported are theextension and follow up of an experimentdeveloped in the 2021-2022 academic year withanother set of ASD students that was previousreported at the HSCI2022 conference. Acomparative analysis of the results will beprovided and discussed.
