In-service Teachers’ conceptions of Integrated STEM Education when Engaging in the Active Experience

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Tharuesean Prasoplarb
Kornkanok Lertdechapat

Abstract

Since the integrated STEM education is the key goal for completing STEM practice, some in-service teachers could not design and implement the STEM lessons aligned with the nature of STEM practice. This article aims to analyze the in-service teachers’ approaches in designing the STEM activities and compare the changes of STEM conceptions when engaging in the different active experiences. Thirty-three participants including 18 and 15 in-service teachers who were assigned to be engaged in developing the STEM lesson plans and designing the STEM activities, respectively. Researchers employed descriptive analysis to analyze the data from the notes of designing the STEM activities and field-notes. Frequencies and percentages of frequency were employed to analyze the data from the questionnaire of conceptions of integrated STEM education. The findings show that the common key features of two mentioned strategies were collaboratively brainstorming how to design the integrated STEM education within the group. This strategy helps individual teacher to design the own STEM lesson plans fluently. Another feature is promoting explicit reflection on the integrated STEM education throughout the active experience encourages teachers to comprehend the goals of integrated STEM education as well as the goals for developing the innovation. Further studies may investigate the impacts of two mentioned strategies on the in-service teachers’ STEM teaching practices.

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Prasoplarb, T., & Lertdechapat, K. (2023). In-service Teachers’ conceptions of Integrated STEM Education when Engaging in the Active Experience. Journal of Inclusive and Innovative Education, 7(1), 103–117. retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cmujedu/article/view/263033
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