¨STEM be expanded to STEAM to recognize how the arts contribute to inventiveness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.¨ This is a direct quote from the “The Emergence of Environmental Humanities” article by Robert S. Emmett and David E. Tying it back to the quote, something that I found interesting about this week’s reading was the concept of STEM being transitioned to STEAM due to the importance of arts in science, technology, engineering, and medical fields. The arts include additions such as ¨humanities, language arts, dance, drama, music, visual arts, design, and new media¨” which are claimed to all add to the value of the concepts within STEM.

This is a widely debated topic yet has been granted a lot of support as STEAM adds to the ¨problem-based learning methods used in the creative process.¨ This is a topic and change that I agree with because I believe the arts are extremely important in contributing to scientific knowledge and participation. In this class, we discuss heavily the topic of art and the different variations of art in the media and society. I wanted to use this post as a way of focusing on art and focusing on the exact quote stated at the beginning of this blog post. The word ¨inventiveness¨ is key to recognize because the arts play a crucial and pivotal role in our study of science, technology, and medicine because it is how we as a society communicate our relationship with the environment. Currently, we use the media to demonstrate our understanding of our position in the environment and the changes that we need to make, not make, etc. We see art in the form of design, graphics, language, etc. that demonstrate these positions, which is why it is important to have art as a standout in the STEM field and be recognized as a crucial role.