Open AccessTHE CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING STEM TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Author(s) -
Aminah Jekri,
Crispina Gregory K Han
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.534006
Subject(s) - curriculum , medical education , descriptive statistics , mathematics education , psychology , medicine , pedagogy , mathematics , statistics
STEM teaching and learning (T&L) has been introduced through the implementation of the Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM) launched in 2017. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the challenges encounter by 128 science teachers implementing STEM T&L in secondary schools in Kota Kinabalu. The instrument used was Soal Selidik Aspek Pelaksanaan (SSAP) which contains 14 items. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS version 24.0 software. Descriptive analysis indicated that 63.8% of respondents agreed that the main challenge of implementing STEM T&L is teachers’ readiness. Further, research findings indicated that the challenge in implementing STEM T&L was at a moderate level (M = 3.43, SD = .395). Therefore, immediate action should be taken to overcome the challenges to ensure the STEM T&L can be implemented effectively.