Supporting pre-service teachers’ integration of engineering into STEM lessons throughout engineering-infused training       
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Sevgi Aydın
Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Elif Selcan Öztay
Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Betül EKİZ KIRAN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Research in Science & Technological Education
Dergi ISSN 0263-5143 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2024
Cilt No 42
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 618 / 638
DOI Numarası 10.1080/02635143.2022.2121691
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2022.2121691
Özet
Background: Training both pre–and in-service teachers who are capable of planning and enacting engineering design–based science instruction are critical for integrating engineering into K-12 science curricula. Purpose: This study investigates pre-service teachers’ efforts to integrate engineering into their lesson plans. Sample: 13 pre-service chemistry teachers, enrolled in a 13-week engineering-infused integrated STEM course, were the participants of the study. Design and Method: Considering the purpose of the study, qualitative design was deemed to be the best fit including qualitative data collected through lesson plans and reflection papers. To assist pre-service teachers’ learning, 13-week engineering-infused integrated STEM was started with the information about the engineering profession and how engineers work. Additionally, pre-service teachers engaged in six integrated STEM activities including engineering design cycle. After each activity, the participants were asked to write a reflection paper on what they learned about engineering, the engineering design process, and integrated STEM. Finally, the participants had three chances for analyzing strong and weak integrated STEM lesson plans and planning integrated STEM lesson planning experience with mentors. The pre-and post-course lesson plans (n=26) were analyzed using existing codes from the related literature, which is a deductive coding process. Later, an inductive approach was used to determine the categories of engineering integration into the lesson plans. Four categories (ranging from a complete engineering lesson to a science lesson with no engineering link) were formed. Reflection papers were used to support the findings. Result: The results showed that none of the pre-plans included engineering. However, after participated in a 13-week integrated STEM course, all post-course lesson plans integrated engineering through the use of engineering design processes to some extent. Conclusion: The training with different experiences seems promising for pre-service teachers to learn engineering integration into STEM lesson plans.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Engineering education | engineering integration | integrated STEM education | pre-service teacher education | qualitative research