Teachers’ Perceptions and Stem Teaching Activities: Online Teacher Professional Development and Employment

Yıldırım, Bekir; Akcan, Ahmet Tayfur; Öcal, Erdinç

doi:10.33225/jbse/22.21.84

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“…Different studies have shown the importance of professional development programs in STE(A)M teacher training, both with practising teachers (Yildirim et al, 2022) and with teachers in initial training (Sahali et al, 2015).…”

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Challenges and Opportunities to Teaching Inquiry Approaches by Ste(a)m Projects in the Primary Education Classroom

Cobos

Crespo-Gómez

García‐Ruiz

2023

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This study analyses the teachers' perceptions of their capacity for designing and developing STE(A)M projects in a professional development programme (PD) conducted through a collaborative educational research project carried out between the University and the centres by the IndagaSTEAM Escuela project. Incorporating STEAM education in the classroom poses various challenges to teachers, among other aspects, associated with conceptualising, designing and applying the curricular integration of STE(A)M subjects, requiring training programs updates for this purpose. Hence, the design developed promotes applying an inquiry-based approach and adapting the integrative STE(A)M curriculum in the Primary Education classroom. Challenges and opportunities of the teachers' involvement have been analysed as a case study undertaken longitudinally between 2019 and 2022. Data have been compiled from a varied typology (rubrics evaluation, ad hoc interviews and questionnaires, using the Likert scale), which give an account of the global perception these educators have, on the one hand, of STE(A)M education and the inquiry approach and, on the other hand, of the collaborative learning scenario from the framework used. Keywords: active learning, primary school teacher, teaching fundamental sciences, teacher skills

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Challenges and Opportunities to Teaching Inquiry Approaches by Ste(a)m Projects in the Primary Education Classroom

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Crespo-Gómez

García‐Ruiz

2023

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“…Although each job has different requirements and qualifications, it can be related to STEM education ( Salzman and Benderly, 2019 , p. 12). This is due to the multidimensional nature of STEM education ( Yıldırım et al, 2022 ). This feature makes STEM education more dynamic, especially regarding the labor market and employment.…”

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“…To this end, the opinions of teachers who have been recipients and providers of STEM education are critical. Few researchers have examined teachers’ views on STEM education and the labor market in detail ( Yıldırım et al, 2022 ). This is what makes this study significant.…”

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Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market

2023

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IntroductionThis paper explores teachers’ views on the impact of STEM education on the labor market. This study focused on teachers’ views to investigate STEM education and the labor market and the relationship between the two.MethodsThe sample consisted of 32 teachers from different branches. Participants were recruited using purposive convenience sampling. This paper adopted a qualitative case study research design. Qualitative data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. The qualitative data were analyzed using inductive content and descriptive analysis.ResultsParticipants stated that STEM education offered new fields of work, promoted entrepreneurship, and increased job opportunities. They also noted that STEM education helped reduce social costs. They emphasized that STEM education made participants happy, prevented brain drain, and reduced social problems. On the other hand, they also noted that STEM education could lead to technological unemployment. The descriptive analyses showed that STEM education had a positive impact on employment, a reduction in social costs, and a positive impact on underemployment. In light of the results, we made recommendations for future research.

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“…E-learning uses modern technology to enable access and upload of all needed educational resources to deliver education (Blezu, 2008). It highly affects teachers' to improve themselves professionally (Yildirim et al, 2022).…”

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Measuring improvements of the education system in the COVID-19 pandemic – A case study of Serbia

Rajković,

Lečić-Cvetković,

Perović

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The purpose of this paper is the comparative analysis of traditional education and e-learning by the application of key performance indicators. The general objective of the study is to indicate the advantages and disadvantages of traditional education and e-learning through the analysis and comparison of these two forms of education by applying defined key performance indicators. The research was carried out in 15 gymnasiums and vocational high schools in the Republic of Serbia, with a sample of 11.204 students (the school year 2018–19) and 11.251 students (the school year 2019–20). The results of the research and conducted comparative analysis presented in this paper indicate that e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has significant advantages over traditional education, such as a reduction in the percentage of students who were sent to the make-up exam and who did not complete the school year, a reduction of the number of imposed disciplinary measures and absences from classes per student at the end of the school year and an increasing percentage of excellent students at the school level at the end of the school year. Based on the results, recommendations for improving the education process by implementing e-learning in developing countries are proposed. This paper presents a valuable resource for educators and scholars in defining the elements that can improve student learning outcomes, motivation and satisfaction levels.

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Teachers’ Perceptions and Stem Teaching Activities: Online Teacher Professional Development and Employment

Cited by 7 publications

References 65 publications

Challenges and Opportunities to Teaching Inquiry Approaches by Ste(a)m Projects in the Primary Education Classroom

Challenges and Opportunities to Teaching Inquiry Approaches by Ste(a)m Projects in the Primary Education Classroom

Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market

Measuring improvements of the education system in the COVID-19 pandemic – A case study of Serbia

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