Organizing STEM Education Activities for Vietnamese Primary School Students with the Support of Digital Learning Materials

STEM education is primarily based on integrated teaching, providing students opportunities to mobilize and synthesize knowledge and skills across Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to develop qualities and competencies and effectively solve real-life problems. When implementing STEM education, it’s encouraged to integrate artistic and humanitarian elements (Art) in specific subjects or educational activities within the curriculum, aiming to expand and enhance the effectiveness of practical education and collaboration in various ways to promote students’ creativity, aesthetics, curiosity, and empathy (STEAM education). STEM education has been implemented in many developed countries and was introduced to Vietnam in 2015. Since 2017, the Vietnamese government has issued policies to promote STEM education within the education system. This chapter provides an overview of STEM education issues in Vietnamese primary education, including the context and implementation status of primary STEM education in Vietnam, its objectives and roles, and various implementation forms; Digital learning resource considerations: concepts and classifications, introduction to available digital resources such as educational websites, multimedia materials, simulations, and virtual reality supporting STEM education in primary schools; The chapter then presents the utilization of digital resources in designing and organizing primary STEM education activities.