STEM education e os desafios da formação do engenheiro

Abstract

This work discusses the STEM Education movement and the relationship between it and the training of engineers, in addition, it discusses the importance of interdisciplinarity in the training process, highlighting the need for a broader and more integrated approach to knowledge, highlighting the deficit of studies on the subject in higher education. It also points out the relevance of the STEM educational movement in contributing to the training of engineers through the integration of knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The present study seeks to relate the movement with the new curricular guidelines proposed by the Brazilian Association of Engineering Education (ABENGE), which was approved by the National Council of Education (CNE) in April 2019 and the articles published in the annals of the Brazilian Congress of Education in Engineering (COBENGE) and in the magazine of Engineering Education is ABENGE, where the main objective is to find bibliographical research on the subject in question and discuss its challenges and applicability in higher education. With this, education will always undergo changes and learning becomes more interactive and collaborative every day, which is expected in STEM education, which still suffers from the marks of technicality, in addition to presenting itself as a global trend, thus, Brazil is not exempt from such movement. It is crucial that there is a greater understanding and deepening of STEM and all the particularities and contradictions that accompany it. Keyword: STEM education; interdisciplinarity; University education; Engineering.