本研究以STEAM教育與杜威美學做為探究的兩大範圍,透過詮釋方法與文件分析法來探尋彼此的關聯性。STEAM教育是當下重要的教育政策之一,受到重視有其時代的需求性,而STEAM教育對於未來世代與教育的影響力也不容小覷,值得探究。STEAM教育乃是衍生自STEM教育;STEAM教育具有「回應生活與解決問題、動手操作與創意設計」兩大重要內涵。而立基於有機體與環境互動論述的杜威哲思,以經驗論為本、思維術為用、圓滿於美學觀,連續的系統哲思建構出獨特的杜威美學。探討STEAM教育與杜威美學之關聯,本文發現:一、STEAM教育的內涵與杜威美學的內涵脈絡之間,具有強度的關聯性;二、杜威美學對於STEAM教育具有指引與參照的意義與功能。杜威美學是杜威哲思之集大成,可以成為支撐STEAM教育發展的哲學基礎,引導STEAM教育的未來發展。
This study focuses on STEAM education and Dewey's aesthetics to identify their relationship through hermeneutics and documentary research. STEAM education is one of the important policies of current education, as it fits the needs of the time and will influence the future of education. On the other hand, Dewey's philosophy is based on the theory derived from the interaction between organisms and their environments. Dewey's unique aesthetics is continuously and systematically constructed by experience and by making use of how we think. Upon investigation of STEAM education and Dewey's aesthetics, there are two main findings in this article. First, there is a strong connection between STEAM education and Dewey's aesthetics. Second, Dewey's aesthetics can support the philosophical foundation for the development of STEAM education. Dewey's aesthetics is the essence of Dewey's philosophy, and it has significant contributions to guiding STEAM education.