Research Article

Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample

Volume: 7 Number: 1 March 15, 2022
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Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample

Abstract

In order to adapt to the changing and developing age, innovations continue in the field of education. STEM education, in which many disciplines are used together, is one of them. The aim of this study is to determine the orientation of primary school teachers towards STEM applications. STEM; It is a combination of the initials of the words science, technology, engineering and mathematics in our country, which is called STEM in many countries. STEM teaching; It is an innovative approach that brings together the piecemeal theoretical knowledge in these fields and ensures that it is applied as a whole by students and aims to transform it into a product. Survey method was used in the study. "Integrated STEM Teaching Orientation Scale" was used as a quantitative data collection tool. The scale consists of 7 Likert type, 31 items and 5 sub-dimensions. The study group consists of 344 primary school teacher which were working in Bornova district of İzmir province in 2019-2020 academic year. SPSS 25.0 package program was used in the analysis of quantitative data. According to the quantitative findings obtained from the research, it was determined that the orientation of primary school teachers' towards integrated STEM teaching was positive in the sub-dimensions of knowledge, value, attitude, subjective criteria, and perceived behavior control and behavior orientation. It was determined that STEM orientations there was no statistically difference according to gender and graduated department variables. In addition, it was observed that there was a statistically significant difference in the sub- dimension of subjective criteria according to the seniority variable.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 15, 2022

Submission Date

February 1, 2022

Acceptance Date

March 14, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Atalay, S., & Hamurcu, H. (2022). Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample. The Journal of Limitless Education and Research, 7(1), 56-89. https://doi.org/10.29250/sead.1066571
AMA
1.Atalay S, Hamurcu H. Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample. J-LER. 2022;7(1):56-89. doi:10.29250/sead.1066571
Chicago
Atalay, Sevim, and Hülya Hamurcu. 2022. “Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample”. The Journal of Limitless Education and Research 7 (1): 56-89. https://doi.org/10.29250/sead.1066571.
EndNote
Atalay S, Hamurcu H (March 1, 2022) Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample. The Journal of Limitless Education and Research 7 1 56–89.
IEEE
[1]S. Atalay and H. Hamurcu, “Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample”, J-LER, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 56–89, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.29250/sead.1066571.
ISNAD
Atalay, Sevim - Hamurcu, Hülya. “Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample”. The Journal of Limitless Education and Research 7/1 (March 1, 2022): 56-89. https://doi.org/10.29250/sead.1066571.
JAMA
1.Atalay S, Hamurcu H. Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample. J-LER. 2022;7:56–89.
MLA
Atalay, Sevim, and Hülya Hamurcu. “Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample”. The Journal of Limitless Education and Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Mar. 2022, pp. 56-89, doi:10.29250/sead.1066571.
Vancouver
1.Sevim Atalay, Hülya Hamurcu. Primary School Teachers’ Orientations on Integratıve STEM Practices: İzmir Bornova Sample. J-LER. 2022 Mar. 1;7(1):56-89. doi:10.29250/sead.1066571

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