Investigating Remote Access Laboratories for Increasing Pre-Service Teachers' STEM Capabilities

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Ting; Albion, Peter
Titel	Investigating Remote Access Laboratories for Increasing Pre-Service Teachers' STEM Capabilities
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 22 (2019) 1, S.82-93 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; STEM Education; Elementary School Science; Foreign Countries; Elementary Education; Laboratory Equipment; Laboratory Experiments; Hands on Science; Science Experiments; Robotics; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Ausland; Elementarunterricht; Laborausstattung; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Robotertechnik; Australien
Abstract	Facing calls for greater emphasis on STEM education in primary school classrooms, teachers may be anxious because of limited exposure to STEM in their own education. The Australian Curriculum: Technologies is new and many teachers are not familiar with its content. Hence both in-service and pre-service teachers (PSTs) require preparation. This research used a case study method to investigate factors influencing PSTs' use of Remote Access Laboratories (RAL) with activities intended to develop their capacity to teach STEM in primary schools. Results highlighted the importance of PSTs' experience of STEM in their own education and showed the benefits of hands-on learning and scaffolding to support preparation of PSTs for teaching STEM subjects. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01