Examining the Students’ Reasons for Withdrawal from Online Thematic STEM Practices

Abstract

Online Thematic STEM Practices (OTSP) is an extracurricular study based on thematic STEM practices. The study group of the research consisted of 6 female students studying in the 6th grade of a school in Ankara, who voluntarily participated in OTSP and then withdrew from the study or were dismissed due to lack of attendence. In this study, the reasons for students withdrew from OTSP were investigated. As a research design, "case study" was preferred. A semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data. When the answers given by the students to the questions in the semi-structured interview form were evaluated, it was determined that the reason for their withdrawal is not 1) "they are not interested in STEM fields" and 2) "the difficulties they encountered in distance education". The fact that students have negative experiences in their previous online education and prefer face-to-face education to online education can be interpreted as the most likely possibility of their withdrawal from OTSP being online.

Keywords

• Thematic STEM
• Online Education
• Extracurricular Practice
• Withdrawal

Öğrencilerin Çevrimiçi Tematik STEM Uygulamalarından Çekilme Nedenlerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Çevrimiçi (Online) Tematik STEM Uygulamaları (OTSU), uzaktan eğitim olarak kabul edilen çevrimiçi eğitim yolu ile tematik STEM uygulamalarını esas alan bir ders dışı çalışmadır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Ankara’da bir imam hatip ortaokulunda 6. sınıfta öğrenim görmekte olan kız öğrencilerden ders dışı faaliyet olarak yürütülen OTSU’ya gönüllü olarak katılıp daha sonrasında çalışmadan çekilen ya da devamsızlık nedeni ile çıkarılanlardan 6’sı oluşturmuştur. Bu çalışmada öğrencilerin OTSU’dan çekilme veya devamsızlık yapma nedenleri araştırılmıştır. Araştırma deseni olarak nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden “durum çalışması” tercih edilmiştir. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu, verilerin analizinde ise içerik analizi kullanılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formundaki sorulara öğrencilerin verdikleri cevaplar değerlendirildiğinde onların çekilme nedeninin 1) “STEM alanlarına ilgi duymamaları” olmadığı 2) “Uzaktan eğitimde karşılaştıkları zorluklar” olarak belirttikleri tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin önceki çevrimiçi eğitimlerindeki deneyimlerinin olumsuz olması ve yüz yüze eğitimi çevrimiçi eğitime tercih etmeleri onların OTSU’dan çekilmenin en kuvvetli ihtimalinin eğitimin çevrimiçi olması olarak yorumlanabilir.

Keywords

• Tematik STEM
• Online Eğitim
• Ders Dışı Uygulama
• STEM
• Dersten Çekilme

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