Abstract:

In the 21st century, marked by numerous scientific and technological developments, but also by the need to build a deep general culture, the primary education curriculum must include STEM education with its STEAM and STREAM developments. The purpose of this study is to determine the opinion of primary school teachers about the implementation of STEM education at this level of schooling: the importance of STEM education for the cognitive development of students; the role of teachers in promoting STEM education; the position of the school curriculum and of the textbooks with reference to STEM learning approaches; the difficulties encountered by teachers in achieving STEM education. The survey used questionnaire administered online and included 103 primary school teachers, their participation being voluntary. The results show a great interest in STEM education and indicate that respondents appreciate that they have experience in performing integrated STEM / STEAM / STREAM activities. Most respondents believe that the school curriculum and textbooks do not support the integration of STEM into the teaching process. Teaching engineering knowledge is the main difficulty reported by the respondents. Respondents point out that the integration of STEM activities leads to an increase in students' school performance.

Keywords:

STEM education, Primary school, teachers.