Research Article

Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables

Volume: 7 Number: 3 December 15, 2017
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Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of science – technology – engineering – mathematics (STEM) education teachers of science, mathematics and information technologies’ in secondary schools with different variables. This research is structured with a survey model in which a quantitative data instrument was used to explore awareness of teachers for STEM education. In this study, the convenience / incidental sampling method among non-random sampling methods was adopted. The sample of the study consisted of 118 science, mathematics and information technologies teachers working in secondary schools in the center of Karaman. The ‘STEM Awareness Scale’ developed by Buyruk and Korkmaz (2016) was used as the data collection tool in this study.  The validity and reliability studies were performed again after the scale was applied to the participants. No significant correlation was found between gender and department each dimension of the scale that consists of two sub-dimensions, which are positive and negative STEM awareness. As a result, young teachers and teachers who have graduated from education faculty have a positive STEM awareness while teachers with professional seniority and associate degree graduates have a negative STEM awareness.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mustafa Çevik
KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Arda Danıştay Şanlıtürk This is me

Publication Date

December 15, 2017

Submission Date

August 17, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 13, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 7 Number: 3

APA
Çevik, M., Şanlıtürk, A. D., & Yağcı, A. (2017). Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 7(3), 584-599. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.335008
AMA
1.Çevik M, Şanlıtürk AD, Yağcı A. Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables. SUJE. 2017;7(3):584-599. doi:10.19126/suje.335008
Chicago
Çevik, Mustafa, Arda Danıştay Şanlıtürk, and Ali Yağcı. 2017. “Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers With Various Variables”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 7 (3): 584-99. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.335008.
EndNote
Çevik M, Şanlıtürk AD, Yağcı A (December 1, 2017) Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables. Sakarya University Journal of Education 7 3 584–599.
IEEE
[1]M. Çevik, A. D. Şanlıtürk, and A. Yağcı, “Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables”, SUJE, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 584–599, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.19126/suje.335008.
ISNAD
Çevik, Mustafa - Şanlıtürk, Arda Danıştay - Yağcı, Ali. “Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers With Various Variables”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 7/3 (December 1, 2017): 584-599. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.335008.
JAMA
1.Çevik M, Şanlıtürk AD, Yağcı A. Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables. SUJE. 2017;7:584–599.
MLA
Çevik, Mustafa, et al. “Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers With Various Variables”. Sakarya University Journal of Education, vol. 7, no. 3, Dec. 2017, pp. 584-99, doi:10.19126/suje.335008.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Çevik, Arda Danıştay Şanlıtürk, Ali Yağcı. Evaluation of STEM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics) Awareness of Secondary School Teachers with Various Variables. SUJE. 2017 Dec. 1;7(3):584-99. doi:10.19126/suje.335008

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