IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/vjerxx/v106y2013i2p157-168.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Teacher STEM Perception and Preparation: Inquiry-Based STEM Professional Development for Elementary Teachers

Author

Listed:
  • Louis S. Nadelson
  • Janet Callahan
  • Patricia Pyke
  • Anne Hay
  • Matthew Dance
  • Joshua Pfiester

Abstract

Student foundational knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is formed in their elementary education. Paradoxically, many elementary teachers have constrained background knowledge, confidence, and efficacy for teaching STEM that may hamper student STEM learning. The association between teacher preparation to teach STEM and student achievement in STEM motivated the authors' professional development program. The authors created and implemented a professional development program to address K--5 teacher confidence for, attitudes toward, knowledge of, and efficacy for teaching inquiry-based STEM. Using data from 2 independent cohorts the authors found significant and consistent increases in pre- to postinstitute assessments of teacher confidence, efficacy, and perceptions of STEM. Further, they found increased participant attention toward linking STEM curriculum and instruction to learning standards. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Louis S. Nadelson & Janet Callahan & Patricia Pyke & Anne Hay & Matthew Dance & Joshua Pfiester, 2013. "Teacher STEM Perception and Preparation: Inquiry-Based STEM Professional Development for Elementary Teachers," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 106(2), pages 157-168, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:106:y:2013:i:2:p:157-168
    DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2012.667014
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00220671.2012.667014
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00220671.2012.667014?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Zhiling Cai & Jinxing Zhu & Saiqi Tian, 2023. "Research Progress of STEM Education Based on Visual Bibliometric Analysis," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(3), pages 21582440231, September.
    2. Zehui Zhan & Shijing Niu, 2023. "Subject integration and theme evolution of STEM education in K-12 and higher education research," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:106:y:2013:i:2:p:157-168. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/vjer20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.