This study
aims to describe Indonesian science teachers’ views on STEM attitude, STEM knowledge, and STEM application. The
survey method was used in this study.
Ninety-three Indonesian science teachers at junior
high schools in Indonesia from four of 11 provinces with the
largest number teachers such as Lampung, Banten, Jawa Tengah, and Jawa Timur were surveyed. The instrument in this study consisted of 30 items. The
quantitative analysis was performed to address the level of three domains such
as STEM attitude, STEM knowledge, and STEM application.
The results showed that Indonesian science
teachers’ views are very good on STEM attitude (=4.68), moderate-level
category on STEM application
(=3.99), and low-level
category on STEM knowledge (=3.72).
It can be concluded that Indonesian
science teachers believe that they have very good STEM attitude, moderate-level category on STEM application, and low-level
category on STEM knowledge. These findings recommended to science teachers or science educators in
Indonesia to promote STEM Education in the national curriculum especially in
science subject to improve STEM attitude, STEM knowledge, and STEM application of Indonesian
science teachers.
The authors gratefully acknowledge to all science teachers who become respondents in this research
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Studies on Education |
Journal Section | STEM Education |
Authors | |
Publication Date | March 15, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |
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