Teaching Strategies Employed by Academics in STEM Education: A Qualitative Inquiry
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education needs a teaching workforce that is knowledgeable and skillful. Previous studies have reported the effectiveness of the delivery of the STEM education using the outcome-based education approach. Yet, the implementation of STEM educatio...
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| author | Kunalan Amutha Cheah Phaik Kin Moses Priscilla Er Pek Hoon Ng Choon Aun |
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| description | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education needs a teaching workforce that is knowledgeable and skillful. Previous studies have reported the effectiveness of the delivery of the STEM education using the outcome-based education approach. Yet, the implementation of STEM education has been equally criticized. This study is a qualitative inquiry using the grounded theory approach to identify the teaching strategies employed by academics involved in STEM education in a leading private university in Malaysia. In particular, the inquiry focusses on the outcome-based education and its implementation in STEM education. Eight academics involved in STEM education from a private university in Malaysia were recruited using a purposive sampling procedure. In-depth interviews were conducted using semi-structured questions. The findings suggest that the participants are apprehensive of using outcome-based education in implementing STEM education and would require more training on this approach. The data yielded teaching strategies and challenges faced by STEM academics in the implementation of outcome-based education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03fd2308fb174193ba0315fdd7e699632022-12-22T03:14:49ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422018-01-01650400210.1051/e3sconf/20186504002e3sconf_iccee2018_04002Teaching Strategies Employed by Academics in STEM Education: A Qualitative InquiryKunalan AmuthaCheah Phaik KinMoses PriscillaEr Pek HoonNg Choon AunScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education needs a teaching workforce that is knowledgeable and skillful. Previous studies have reported the effectiveness of the delivery of the STEM education using the outcome-based education approach. Yet, the implementation of STEM education has been equally criticized. This study is a qualitative inquiry using the grounded theory approach to identify the teaching strategies employed by academics involved in STEM education in a leading private university in Malaysia. In particular, the inquiry focusses on the outcome-based education and its implementation in STEM education. Eight academics involved in STEM education from a private university in Malaysia were recruited using a purposive sampling procedure. In-depth interviews were conducted using semi-structured questions. The findings suggest that the participants are apprehensive of using outcome-based education in implementing STEM education and would require more training on this approach. The data yielded teaching strategies and challenges faced by STEM academics in the implementation of outcome-based education.https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20186504002 |
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| title | Teaching Strategies Employed by Academics in STEM Education: A Qualitative Inquiry |
| title_full | Teaching Strategies Employed by Academics in STEM Education: A Qualitative Inquiry |
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