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Andrade Cervantes, Petronilo.

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Identifying and Examining the Essential Elements in Teacher PD in STEM: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study.

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正題名/作者:	Identifying and Examining the Essential Elements in Teacher PD in STEM: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study./
作者:	Andrade Cervantes, Petronilo.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	217 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-08, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-08A.
標題:	Educational philosophy. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27739976
ISBN:	9781658402248

Identifying and Examining the Essential Elements in Teacher PD in STEM: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study.
Andrade Cervantes, Petronilo.

Identifying and Examining the Essential Elements in Teacher PD in STEM: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 217 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-08, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Teachers lack the skills to prepare our children for the jobs in STEM fields. The problem addressed was that teachers in Pre-K through 12th grades, are not adequately prepared to effectively teach STEM and the lack of effective teacher PD in STEM supporting them. Our young people are impacted by this problem because they that are not being taught the necessary skills to compete in the job market. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to identify and examine the essential components in elementary teacher PD in STEM that directly impact their effectiveness to teach STEM. The conceptual framework was formed through the reading of research to date on the topic of teacher PD in STEM. A qualitative methodology and a case study design were utilized. Four teachers from a purposive sample participated in the study. The data collection tools were an interview written questionnaire and a teacher personal reflection. The data collected from each participant were treated as individual cases. The data were analyzed using NVivo 12 Plus. The analysis revealed 15 themes that answered the four research questions. The essential elements of PD in STEM are presenters' abilities to integrate, practical content knowledge for classroom application, integration, differentiation, and administrators' vested interests. Current PD in STEM is perceived minimally effective. Teachers welcome administrators' involvement, hands-on activities, knowledgeable presenters, strategies for subject integration and differentiation, activities they can use without modifications, materials or resources, modeled lesson planning, and time to plan. The structure of current PD is ineffective. The conclusions of the findings are that current PD is being tailored to focus on subjects that are tested, and teachers are being pressured to teach to the test and thus making current PD in STEM ineffective. The findings hold major implications for elementary school administrators, PD program developers and presenters, and the current format of standardized testing must be revised. For future research investigators should aim to increase the amount of data for greater generalizability of results. The recommendation for practice is for educational leaders to work with PD program developers in tailoring PD to target their teachers' needs.

ISBN: 9781658402248Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Educational philosophy.
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Elementary teachers

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