STEM Uygulamalarının Kız Öğrencilerin STEM Tutum ve Mühendislik Algılarına Etkisi

Year 2018, Issue: 30, 842 - 884, 30.12.2018

Bekir Yıldırım Cumhur Türk

https://doi.org/10.14520/adyusbd.368452

Cited By: 9

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Fen Bilimleri
öğretim programına entegre edilmiş STEM uygulamalarının kız öğrencilerin STEM’e
yönelik tutumları ile mühendis-mühendisliğe yönelik görüşlerine etkisini
incelemektir. Araştırmada nitel ve nicel araştırma yöntemlerin birlikte yer
aldığı karma yöntem kullanılmıştır. Nicel boyutta ön test-son test kontrol
gruplu yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Muş
ilinde yer alan bir İmam Hatip Kız Ortaokulu’nda öğrenim gören 87 öğrenci
oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada nicel veri toplama aracı olarak “STEM Tutum Ölçeği
(STÖ)”, nitel veri toplama aracı olarak “Mühendislik Bilgi Formu (MBF)”
kullanılmıştır. Veri analizleri sonucunda STEM uygulamalarının kız öğrencilerin
STEM’e yönelik tutumlarını geliştirmede etkili olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca
uygulamalar öncesi mühendisliğin erkeklere yönelik bir meslek olduğu görüşüne
sahip olan öğrencilerin bazılarının, uygulamalar sonrası kadınların da mühendis
olabileceği yönünde görüşe sahip olmaya başladıkları tespit edilmiştir. Bununla
birlikte STEM uygulamalarının kızların mühendislik-matematik-fen arasında daha
fazla ilişki kurmalarına yardımcı olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar
doğrultusunda, STEM uygulamalarına öğretim programlarına daha fazla yer
verilmesi ve kız öğrencilerle daha fazla STEM çalışmalarının yapılması
önerilmiştir

Keywords

STEM, Tutum, Mühendislik

The Effect of STEM Applications on Girls' STEM Attitude and Engineering Perception

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of
STEM practices integrated with the science curriculum on female students’ attitudes
towards STEM and their opinions on engineer and engineering. The study group
is composed of 87 students who are studying at an Imam Hatip Girls Highschool
that is located in Muş city. A mixed method including qualitative and quantitative
research methods was used in the study. Quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest
control group was used in the quantitative dimension. “STEM Attitude Scale
(SAS)" was used as the quantitative data collection tool and
"Engineering Information Form (EIF)" was used as the qualitative data
collection tool. Data analysis has shown that STEM practice is effective in
improving girl students’ attitudes towards STEM. It was also found that some of
the students who had an opinion that engineering was a profession for men
before the practices had started to have an opinion that after the practices,
women might also be engineers. In addition, it was determined that STEM practices
helped girl students to establish more connections between engineering,
mathematics and science. In the light of these results, it is suggested that
more importance should be given in STEM practices in curriculums and more STEM
studies should be applied on girl students.

Keywords

STEM, attitude, engineering, girl students, 7th grade, mixed method

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