STEM education is an integrated approach that combines science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines with different subjects in real life situations, together and simultaneously. The views of pre-service teachers introduced to STEM by means of workshops that presented information and scales on STEM education regarding the subject were collected in this study. The participants of the study were the senior class students at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education, Physical Sciences (37 members) and Mathematics Education (20 members).A survey with open-ended questions was used to collect data. A descriptive content analysis was performed and the data were summarized in the tables. The results showed that the pre-service teachers have more positive views about the STEM approach, and there is not a significant difference between the views of science and mathematics teachers. Also, they reported positive views about making such applications in their future classes.

However, geometry is the area with the most concrete possibility of mathematical topics which contains more abstract concepts, students experience difficulties while understanding. Therefore, the connection of issues with daily life to concrete the subjects and the ability of connecting geometric concepts with daily life of the teachers and pre-service teachers who will teach these subjects become more important. In this study, the geometric concepts of pre-service mathematics teachers along with their ability of connection with daily life will be examined. 79 senior students studying at the Department of Elementary Mathematics Teaching at the Faculty of Education were asked to give examples from daily life of 21 geometric concepts in the Middle School Mathematics Curriculum. The received responses were analyzed with descriptive content analysis. Upon the examination of the answers given, it was observed that students mostly gave examples of what they had learned since primary school and of terms they used in the lessons frequently.

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