Open AccessA PRILIMINARY STUDY FOR THE NEED OF DEVELOPING INTEGRATED STEM COURSE TRAINING MODULE
Author(s) -
Usman Galadima,
Zaleha Ismail,
Norulhuda Ismail
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asia proceedings of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-6638
pISSN - 2663-662X
DOI - 10.31580/apss.v4i3.855
Subject(s) - needs analysis , curriculum , course (navigation) , mathematics education , constructivism (international relations) , exploratory research , medical education , training (meteorology) , computer science , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , physics , meteorology , politics , political science , law , anthropology , aerospace engineering , international relations , sociology
This preliminary study is conducted as a preamble for the need to develop the iSTEM course training module for preparing the pre-service mathematics teachers’ readiness in teaching the iSTEM course. Based on this preliminary study, the researchers were guided by the theory of constructivism learning and model of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in collecting the qualitative data for the need to develop iSTEM course training module using semi-structured interview questions. Thus, six university lecturers in Nigeria was purposefully choosing in conducting the preliminary interview in order to identify the need for iSTEM course training and module for teaching iSTEM course. The interview data collected by the researchers were inductively analysed using an exploratory content analysis strategy. The results of this study indicated that all the six interviewers’ participants revealed that there is a need for the development of iSTEM course training module. This study suggests that the iSTEM course training module should be integrated into the Nigerian educational curriculum for training the pre-service mathematics teachers’ readiness in teaching iSTEM course.