CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: STEM EDUCATION INTEGRATION
Based on the discussion above, the following recommendations have been developed. While these recommendations are intended for high school STEM educators, it is recognized that they have direct implications for all P-20 STEM educators. Curricula that engages students in STEM promotes instructional strategies that challenge students to innovate and invent. This indicates students have to apply the science and mathematics knowledge they learn to an engineering problem and utilize technology in finding a solution. In this approach, students are required to demonstrate their understanding of STEM disciplines in a work-based, contextual environment. To do this, teachers must be able to offers standards-based STEM programs that use innovative instructional tools. That is to say that if teachers are prepared and have the tools, STEM can promote applied and collaborative learning. Technology has to be integrated into the culture, curriculum, teaching strategies and daily operations of classrooms to enhance learning and provide relevance.