DIGITALDESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A SEMINAR FOR B.ED. STUDENTS FROM MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION: TEACHING INQUIRY USING THE STEM APPROACH
Oranim College (ISRAEL)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2022 Proceedings
Publication year: 2022
Pages: 4238-4244
ISBN: 978-84-09-45476-1
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2022.1031
Publication year: 2022
Pages: 4238-4244
ISBN: 978-84-09-45476-1
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2022.1031
Conference name: 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 7-9 November, 2022
Location: Seville, Spain
Dates: 7-9 November, 2022
Location: Seville, Spain
Abstract:
This study incorporated STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics) approach strategies into a pre-service elementary B.Ed. program. The study includes designing, implementing, and exploring a seminar named: “Teaching inquiry using the STEM Approach”.The students are from the science department and/or the math department in their 4th year of the program. The seminar was conducted by two teacher researcher a Science education expert and a Math education expert. The model of the course is a collaborative teaching model. The teachers designed and instructed the course together. After completion of the course the researchers analyzed the design and the outcome off the course.
The goal of the course was to promote pre-service teacher’s pedagogical understanding of inquiry in the STEM field.
During the course the students were asked to:
• Read and present academic articles about STEM education.
• Build a teaching unit that includes 2-3 sets of STEM lessons plans
• Present one of the lesson plans in plenary includes video documentation
• Conduct curiosity driven discourse based on a chosen episode (from the video)
• Make a presentation at a symposium to all the staff and students in the science and math departments.
• Participate in an international conference on STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics) education
• Write a reflective summary of the course
The reflective summary is a metacognitive tool which helps the maximization of learning. A metacognitive intervention is crucial for understanding the STEM education approach. Metacognition consists of both individuals’ knowledge of strategies that are employed while learning, but also for their knowledge about when and where to use these strategies.
At the end of the course, the participants expressed their appreciation for the nature of the course and the importance of expanding their knowledge on the STEM pedagogy.