A survey found that if students have higher interest or ability in STEM, they have better self-learning ability, empathy and civic responsibility.
Regarding the average scores of the above three items, the average scores of respondents with "more interested in STEM" and "good STEM ability" are relative to those of respondents with "less interest in STEM" and "lower STEM ability" 7.2% to 15.4% more.
The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong calls on academics and all sectors of society to strengthen STEM training for young people outside of their subjects, so as to cultivate the awareness of young people to care about society.
Research has found that if students have higher interest or ability in STEM, they have better autonomous learning ability, empathy and civic responsibility.
(Provided by the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong)
The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong conducted a survey from June to September this year and interviewed 628 students from secondary one to tertiary level.
The survey found that with a full score of 6, the average scores of the interviewed students' self-evaluation of "self-learning ability", "empathy" and "civic responsibility" were all higher than 4 points.
Yang Zhixian, Director of Business Development of the YMCA, pointed out that the score of "Citizen Responsibility" was the highest, with an overall average score of 4.4.
Students most agree that they have “responsibility to build a sustainable future” and “responsibility to participate in social service and care for others”, reflecting that Hong Kong students generally have a good sense of civic responsibility, care about future sustainable development and agree with Responsibility to participate in social affairs.
High interest or ability in STEM
The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong also pointed out that according to the survey results, respondents who are interested in STEM subjects and have higher abilities have higher self-assessments on "self-learning ability", "empathy" and "civic responsibility".
In the average scores of the above three items, the respondents who are "more interested in STEM" and "good STEM ability" are relative to the average of the respondents who are "less interested in STEM" and "STEM ability is poor" The increase was 7.2% to 15.4%.
Liu Guoliang, a representative of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and Dean of the YMCA, said that the survey revealed that STEM education has a certain relationship with students' autonomous learning ability, empathy and civic responsibility, but students spend less time on STEM learning activities after school. , It is recommended to integrate STEM education into and integrate social service elements, simultaneously cultivate students' soft skills in different fields, increase students' willingness to learn STEM outside the classroom, and help students develop in an all-round way.
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