STEAM Education for Teachers of Gifted Students

The purpose of this investigation was to con-duct a STEAM (science - technology - engineer-ing - arts - mathematics) education process with gifted students' teachers and to determine the effect of this process on their critical thinking. In the study, the case study was used as one of the quali...

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Published inTalent Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 16
Main Authors Tüzün, Ümmüye Nur, Tüysüz, Mustafa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Eskisehir Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education 01.06.2018
Subjects
Academically Gifted
Critical thinking
Data Analysis
Gifted
Gifted children
Gifted education
Qualitative Research
Research Methodology
STEM education
Thinking Skills
Worksheets
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Summary:The purpose of this investigation was to con-duct a STEAM (science - technology - engineer-ing - arts - mathematics) education process with gifted students' teachers and to determine the effect of this process on their critical thinking. In the study, the case study was used as one of the qualitative research methods. The participants of the study were 12 gifted students' teachers who worked at a school for the gifted in An-kara. Teaching worksheets and photographs were used to collect data. After teachers collab-oratively carried out STEAM activities and ar-gued the activities in small group discussions, they individually reconstructed each of the STEAM activities as arguments by writing the arguments on worksheets. Photographs were also used for determining STEAM outputs of the application process. For data analysis, con-tent analysis was utilized. Results showed that STEAM education for gifted students' teachers helped them criticize their own and others' thinking strategies and provided opportunities for enhancing their critical thinking.
ISSN:2717-7122
2717-7122