DESIGNING AND ORGANISING STEM EDUCATION LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOPIC IN THE TEXTBOOK ‘ENGLISH 10’
Abstract
STEM education learning activities have recently been introduced in many schools in Vietnam with numerous benefits. The current study focuses on the design and organization of STEM education learning activities through the environmental topic in English textbook grade 10. Whereby, students are provided with an English environment to improve not only language skills but also many other essential skills needed to succeed in the twenty-first century. One sample of the study included 15 students at 10th grade level in Luong Ngoc Quyen high school divided into 5 teams and 3 teachers. The quantitative method was employed in this action research. After the design and organization of the activities, feedback from teachers and students concerning same was collected via questionnaires and interviews. Based on the feedback, authors proposed some suggestions to improve the quality of the STEM education learning activities design and organization in an English classroom, aiming to improve the methodology for teaching and learning English thereby helping both teachers and students.