Alleviating pre-service teachers’ STEM anxiety through the use of remote access laboratories
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Chapter Title | Alleviating pre-service teachers’ STEM anxiety through the use of remote access laboratories |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 0 |
Book Title | Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2016 |
Authors | Albion, Peter (Author), Wu, Ting (Author), Kist, Alexander A. (Author), Orwin, Lindy (Author), Maxwell, Andrew (Author) and Maiti, Ananda (Author) |
Editors | Liu, Leping and Gibson, David C. |
Page Range | 77-85 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) |
HV McKay Charitable Trust | |
Place of Publication | Waynesville, NC USA |
ISBN | 9781939797261 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.learntechlib.org/p/174168/ |
Abstract | Amid calls for greater emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in primary education, non-specialist teachers required to teach these subjects are often prone to anxiety as a consequence of their own education including only limited exposure to STEM. This paper reports on a study in which pre-service primary teachers (N=40) worked with Remote Access laboratory (RAL) activities to develop their knowledge of, and confidence with, STEM concepts. The Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to measure their emotional status before and after participating in the RAL activities. Challenges in operation of the experimental equipment produced inconclusive quantitative results but analysis of qualitative data suggested that, with further development, the activities could contribute to a reduction in STEM anxiety. |
Keywords | STEM, teacher education, anxiety, remote access laboratories |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood |
Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts | |
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering | |
Australian Digital Futures Institute | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3v23/alleviating-pre-service-teachers-stem-anxiety-through-the-use-of-remote-access-laboratories
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