COVID-19 as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning STEM Subjects

Autor/inn/en	Makamure, Chipo; Tsakeni, Maria
Titel	COVID-19 as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning STEM Subjects
Quelle	In: Journal of Baltic Science Education, 19 (2020) 6, S.1078-1091 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Makamure, Chipo) ORCID (Tsakeni, Maria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-3898
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; STEM Education; Change Agents; Distance Education; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Web Based Instruction; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Computerkonferenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Web Based Training; Simbabwe
Abstract	The closing of schools due to COVID-19 has brought a dimension of uncertainty into STEM education. Despite the closing of schools due to the need to observe physical distancing, some schools have found ways to continue teaching and learning on virtual platforms enabled by increasingly pervasive fourth industrial revolution environments. In this study, the teaching of Ordinary level mathematics and science in pursuit of STEM education goals as enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT) in online classrooms was therefore, explored. Using an interpretive case study, relevant data were collected from two mathematics and three science teachers during semi-structured interviews. These participants communicated their experiences in transitioning from face-to-face to online classrooms as they worked to promote STEM education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal teachers' experiences of this transition and their selection of particular Web 2.0 tools to establish online classrooms. Notably, mobile instant messaging tools proved to be a popular option for being cheap, user-friendly, temporal, and multimodal. The findings also revealed that teachers struggled to adapt the hands-on activities to suit online teaching resulting in the use of teacher-centred approaches. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01