ATTITUDES, PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARDS THE USE OF STEM IN THE CLASSROOM.
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This study aims to understand primary school teachers' perceptions of the potential use of STEM education. It expresses teachers' attitudes towards science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM) before and after the implementation of STEM education and the contribution of STEM to students and teachers, also writes about the difficulties that teachers face when applying STEM in the classroom and the reasons for this difficulty. In addition, solutions to the problems regarding the adoption of STEM in education are also described. Quantitative methodology and random sampling technique used for description of this research study. As a result of descriptive statistics shown that, teachers had a very positive attitude toward S.T.E.M. education. However, teachers seem concerned about implementing these structures in the classroom and are willing to participate in related workshops. Overall, the results of this study are consistent with those of international literature and are expected to raise awareness of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Education.
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