STEM Teaching at the Elementary school
RQ: How do we prepare preservice teachers to engage in STEM teaching at the elementary?
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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Supporting Elementary Pre-Service Teachers to Teach STEM Through Place-Based Teaching and Learning Experiences
Anne E. Adams
University of Idaho
Brant G. Miller
University of Idaho
Melissa Saul
University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu
Jerine Pegg
University of Alberta
Many elementary teachers feel less knowledgeable
about STEM content and less comfortable teaching STEM than other subjects.
Data were collected on elementary preservice teachers perceptions of their experiences as they participated in, planned, and enacted
integrated place-based STEM education lessons.
Findings indicate that experiences with STEM
learning and teaching through integrated, place-based activities had a positive impact on preservice teachers understanding of place-based approaches, their perceived ability, and projected
intent to design and implement place-based STEM learning activities.
In order to prepare teachers to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing human
landscape, we, as teacher educators, need to provide authentic, and meaningful experiences that
are situated in place, build community, and show pre-service teachers that they have resources
and partners eager to support the educational mission of community schools beyond the walls of
their school buildings.
Our findings suggest that within teacher education courses, methods instructors can
and should employ place-based pedagogy as a way to increase knowledge of STEM related
elementary teachers comfort with learning and teaching STEM content; and prepare pre-service
teachers for effectively using local spaces for inquiry instructionneed it tomorrow 12 noon
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