Vol-5 Issue-4 2019 IJARIIE-ISSN(O)-2395-4396 10598 www.ijariie.com 244 IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS BASED LEARNING IN VARIOUS LEVELS EDUCATION Luthfiyatul Hasanah 1 , Slamet Hariyadi 2 , Erlia Narulita 3 123 Department of Teacher Training and Education, University of Jember, Kalimantan Street No 37 Jember ABSTRACT Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics or (STEM) are essential issues in education today. The low knowledge on it will be unable to cover a basic understanding of mathematics and science concepts, then lead to a shortage of quality workforce. It affects the gaps in the global industrial sector. The increasing number of jobs in various areas of the economy, science, and engineering has led to the need for an educational background in the STEM field. Therefore, it is important for a country to improve creativity and competitiveness through STEM-based education. So, it is necessary to understand how to apply it at various levels of education, from primary school to the university level of education. The method in writing this article is a systematic review to review 16 articles on STEM implementation in several education level topic. The results showed that the application of STEM at the basic education level by designing a framework for developing teacher professionalism to integrate STEM. The implementation at the secondary education level will be more straightforward if it combines with a problem-based approach such as Project Based Learning. The application of STEM in higher education requires an effective learning strategy, for instance, with a STEM Studio program and the Young Innovator Program. The implementation in higher education adjusted to the majors taken by students, as a form of material deepening. STEM-based implementation from primary education level to the university level education by integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to improve interest, motivation, and self-awareness about science through an integrated program. Keyword: - STEM-based learning, elementary school, secondary school 1. INTRODUCTION The education system nowadays requires the learners to build knowledge on their own, while teachers as a facilitator. Teachers can give easiness in the learning process by providing the learners a chance to find and implement their ideas, and teach them consciously using their strategy for learning. (Slavin, 1994). But, students unable to thoroughly understand the scientific concepts without involved in inquiry activities where those ideas can develop correctly (NRC, 2012). Through scientific inquiry activities embedded in the problem-solving design, the learners can develop a solution. (Sanders, 2009). The activities design that directly implemented in the real world to solve the problems in daily life through a problem-solving-based design with the inter-discipline approach is STEM- based education (William, 2011). Recently some thoughts integrate four disciplines in STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). As a component of STEM, science is the study of natural phenomena that involve observation and measurement. There are some main domains of science that can be applied to the level of primary and secondary education, which are physics, biology, chemistry. Technology is human innovations that are used to modify nature to meet human needs and desires. Engineering is the knowledge and skills to obtain, apply scientific knowledge that is practical and beneficial to humans. Whereas mathematics is the science of patterns and relationships, providing