Instructional Leadership Promotes Stem Education in Schools

Tran Van Dat; Phan Ngoc Thach; Pham Nguyen Cam Tu

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Instructional Leadership Promotes Stem Education in Schools

Tran Van Dat, Phan Ngoc Thach, Pham Nguyen Cam Tu

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STEM education is interested as an educational solution to train high-quality human resources for the country. For STEM education to be implemented well in schools, it is necessary to have the leadership and comprehensive guidance of the principal. At this time, the principal needs to equip himself with an instructional leadership style. Instructional leadership is a school leadership model in which the principal plays the role of guiding teachers, students, and staff in establishing an effective organizational structure for teaching and learning activities. For STEM education, leadership directly supports, advises, and helps teachers access methods of integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into teaching and educational activities. Within the scope of this research, the author uses theoretical research methods to clarify the importance of school leadership, the role and meaning of STEM education, models, system of methods, and forms of development. promote effective STEM education in schools. The research contents clearly demonstrate the principal's role in guiding and directing teachers to integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) into teaching and educational activities to develop students' quality and capacity, suitable to the context of the current knowledge economy. From there, it is concluded that instructional leadership is one of the leadership styles that promote STEM education in schools.

Published in	Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (Volume 8, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.tecs.20230803.12
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Tran Van Dat

Faculty of Education, An Giang University, Long Xuyen City, Vietnam
Phan Ngoc Thach

Foreign Languages Faculty, Dong Thap University, Cao Lanh City, Vietnam
Pham Nguyen Cam Tu

Natural Science Team, Nguyen Tu Secondary School, Cao Lanh City, Vietnam

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