{"id":30701,"date":"2026-03-03T20:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/?p=30701"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:48:02","slug":"social-learning-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/2026\/03\/social-learning-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Learning in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30703\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30703\" src=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-scaled-500x331.jpg 500w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sara-cottle-nBrfRTucFrs-unsplash-1-scaled-scaled.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a class=\"\u201dno-link-icon\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/nBrfRTucFrs?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditShareLink\" target=\"\u201d_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201dnoopener\u201d noopener\">Photo by Sara Cottle<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the years go by, new learning styles become standard practice, and society adapts to those learning styles. Some stay, some are just fads, but one learning style that always seems to be prevalent is social learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you might not know what social learning is by the name, you definitely know it by practice. Social learning is learning with and from others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does this mean exactly? Imagine the saying, monkey see, monkey do. This phrase summarizes much of what social learning is, but there&#8217;s more to it. Anything that you learn from observing others, or what you are told by others, relates to social learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A common form of social learning is through social media. You observe all of the most recent trends, and now know what the most popular shoe is, or which water bottle stays the coldest. Social learning makes up a large amount of the learning you do in everyday life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I know what you\u2019re thinking, what does any of this have to do with STEM? It has everything to do with STEM!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine you are in a lab for your biology class. It\u2019s a big day because your teacher decided to take out the microscopes to examine the plant cells of an onion. You paid attention to the directions, but you are still not sure how to work the microscope properly. Luckily for you, there are three more people at your table using the same type of microscope. At this point you can either observe and see how they work their microscopes, ask them for help, or even ask your teacher for help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I know we went off on a tangent, but all three of these options are examples of social learning. This type of learning is so crucial in being able to use STEM equipment. Often, the tools you use for STEM are very complicated, and require instruction from someone who has experience with that tool. Without social learning, figuring out how to use a microscope, or any other equipment, would be very difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with this, we are often told very important information through social learning. Let&#8217;s say you are in your chemistry class, and you have a beaker full of water and a large chunk of sodium. If you have already taken chemistry, you know this is bad news. Not knowing the dangers of pure sodium and water, one might just drop the metal into the water, creating a very violent reaction. With a large enough piece of sodium, you could injure yourself and those around you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why social learning is so important. You don\u2019t have to figure out that sodium practically explodes when exposed to water through trial and error. You don\u2019t have to find out that lead is dangerous, and that you shouldn\u2019t expose your bare skin to it. This is all because people have already found this out, and through social learning, have spread their knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social learning is extremely important in STEM. It allows us to work off of each other, and learn new things. 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