OPINIONS OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON STEM EDUCATION

Abstract

STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to teaching from preschool to higher education, providing integration by establishing a link between science, mathematics, engineering and technology disciplines. The aim of this study is to discuss the opinions of primary school teachers on STEM education. Fenomenoloji dizayn was used in this study. The research data were obtained from 21 STEM-trained volunteer teachers with using a structured interview form. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis method. The interviews showed that most of the teachers who received STEM education did not find it sufficient. All of the teachers consider that STEM education is necessary, and they think that engineering design skills will be integrated into the science course teaching process, but they state that they have difficulty in implementation and integration problems because of curriculum density, lack of knowledge and experience.