Investigating remote access laboratories for increasing pre-service teachers’ STEM capabilities
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Article Title | Investigating remote access laboratories for increasing pre-service teachers’ STEM capabilities |
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ERA Journal ID | 20269 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Wu, Ting (Author) and Albion, Peter (Author) |
Journal Title | Educational Technology and Society |
Journal Citation | 22 (1), pp. 82-93 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2019 |
Place of Publication | Taiwan |
ISSN | 1176-3647 |
1436-4522 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.jstor.org/stable/26558830 |
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. |
Keywords | remote access laboratories, STEM education, pre-service teachers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
Byline Affiliations | Southwest Jiaotong University, China |
Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q501q/investigating-remote-access-laboratories-for-increasing-pre-service-teachers-stem-capabilities
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