Open AccessElementary school teachers’ perceptions of STEM: What do teachers perceive?
Author(s) -
Pasttita Ayu Laksmiwati,
Russasmita Sri Padmi,
Ummy Salmah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1581/1/012039
Subject(s) - mathematics education , perception , christian ministry , likert scale , process (computing) , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , political science , developmental psychology , neuroscience , law , operating system
At the moment, educational issues are developing and rapidly increasing. One of the examples is the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics called STEM. In Indonesia, STEM is a relatively new concept that is booming with potential. In the mathematics classroom, teachers have to facilitate students exploring STEM activities in the learning process. In response to this, SEAMEO Regional Centre for QITEP in Mathematics has embarked its programme through training and research. This paper reports on a study that investigated what teachers perceive about STEM Education which can support STEM education practices. Moreover, this article explains integrative nature of STEM activities provided. The STEM activities designed are related to the concept of resilience in bungee jump (Science) and proportional relationships between quantities (Mathematics). A survey method has been chosen in this study and data were collected using Likert-scale questionnaires and interviews. The results of this study provide an understanding of teachers’ perceptions of STEM which includes teachers’ pedagogical needs and teachers’ readiness in the STEM implementation. These findings suggest that teachers have positive perceptions on the STEM integration in the mathematics learning. There are some recommendations that intensively STEM trainings for teachers, learning resources in the STEM integration, pedagogical supports from Indonesia Ministry of Education, and textbooks that provide STEM-related projects are needed.