Urban High School Teachers` Experiences in an IT/STEM Summer Course: Gaining Knowledge and Skills, Preparedness to Use, Evaluation

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Duran, M. & Sendag, S. (2010). Urban High School Teachers` Experiences in an IT/STEM Summer Course: Gaining Knowledge and Skills, Preparedness to Use, Evaluation. In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 3220-3225). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2010
San Diego, CA, USA
March 29, 2010
ISBN 1-880094-78-9
  David Gibson & Bernie Dodge
AACE

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Mesut Duran, Serkan Sendag, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA

Abstract

This exploratory study examines the impact of an IT/STEM summer course on STEM high school teachers’ knowledge and skills to design and deliver IT/STEM enrichment experiences for their students. The study describes and reports on the findings of an IT/STEM summer course that included 14 high school STEM teachers. Data were collected from pre and post surveys, in-class observations, document analysis, and end-of course evaluation questionnaire. Findings indicate that teacher participants improved their IT/STEM knowledge and skills throughout the course. There was limited improvement with respect to preparing participating teachers to facilitate IT/STEM teaching/learning strategies over the course of the summer course. The study demonstrates that teachers need more extensive enrichment experiences to increase their knowledge and skills to design and deliver IT/STEM learning experiences for students.

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