Teachers’ Professional Knowledge to Develop STEM Integrated Tasks
Teachers’ Professional Knowledge to Develop STEM Integrated Tasks
Author(s): Maria Cristina Costa, António DomingosSubject(s): Education, School education, Pedagogy
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Professional development; Teachers’ knowledge; STEM; Hands-on; Primary school;
Summary/Abstract: This study presents developments on the professional knowledge needed to implement STEM hands-on tasks by teachers. Research was developed in the framework of a teachers’ professional development programme designed to provide knowledge for them to be capable of implementing this kind of tasks. With a qualitative methodology, we verified that teachers need to attain a specialized theoretical and technical knowledge to develop STEM integrated hands-on tasks and effectively implement them in class.
Journal: Pedagogika
- Issue Year: 149/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 82-104
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English