Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental

ÇALIŞICI, HAMZA; OZÇAKIR SÜMEN, OZLEM

Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental

Özlem Özçakır SÜMEN, (Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü, Samsun, Türkiye)

Hamza ÇALIŞICI (Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü, Samsun, Türkiye)

Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri

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Yıl: 2016 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 459 - 476 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental

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This study aims to implement a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education approach in an environmental education course. The research involved the design and implementation of STEM activities by researchers, as part of the environmental education course taught in the second year of a Primary School Teaching undergraduate program. In this study--a case study using qualitative research methods--after the implementation of STEM activities, some mind maps and the views of the pre-service teachers regarding STEM education were examined. A total of 42 pre-service teachers participated in the study and an examination of their mind maps showed that they have a rich conceptual structure regarding STEM education and also associate STEM fields both with one another and with environmental education. In the interviews conducted following the activities, the pre-service teachers stated that they found STEM education to be efficient, easy to retain, and fun

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Konular: Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Bibliyografik

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APA	OZÇAKIR SÜMEN O, ÇALIŞICI H (2016). Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 16(2), 459 - 476.
Chicago	OZÇAKIR SÜMEN OZLEM,ÇALIŞICI HAMZA Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri 16, no.2 (2016): 459 - 476.
MLA	OZÇAKIR SÜMEN OZLEM,ÇALIŞICI HAMZA Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, vol.16, no.2, 2016, ss.459 - 476.
AMA	OZÇAKIR SÜMEN O,ÇALIŞICI H Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri. 2016; 16(2): 459 - 476.
Vancouver	OZÇAKIR SÜMEN O,ÇALIŞICI H Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri. 2016; 16(2): 459 - 476.
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ISNAD	OZÇAKIR SÜMEN, OZLEM - ÇALIŞICI, HAMZA. "Pre-service Teachers' Mind Maps and Opinions on STEM Education Implemented in an Environmental". Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri 16/2 (2016), 459-476.