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The rapid growth of the global economy in recent decades requires citizens manned with the appropriate abilities and skills in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Therefore, the application of the STEAM method is the most appropriate educational method through which students can be trained with all the necessary skills for the time. In the present study, both teachers' and parents’ views on STEAM education and whether seek their children to attend such educational programs will be explored and presented, in order to be able to assess their impact on development of their children and specifically in the development of multiple intelligences. As a means of collecting data, both teachers' and parents' perceptions regarding the effect of STEAM on the development of multiple intelligences, the questionnaire was used. The results of both surveys are expected to show, on the one hand, that the majority of teachers are positive towards this educational approach and want the integration of STEAM programs in the context of educational teaching. On the other hand, the results regarding the parents' questionnaire will show that the majority of the children, the parents that had been interviewed, do not attend or have never attended STEAM programs.