Abstract
This project involves creating informal community spaces for pre-service teachers to have an opportunity to teach either STEM or STEAM workshops with children. By giving pre service teachers informal teaching experiences in these areas it will assist with the pre-service teachers gaining confidence in teaching in the STEM area. Pre-service teachers reported a gain in confidence by conducting the workshops which they were then able to build on or use in their final practicum. Pre-service teachers also reported greater confidence in teaching STEM or STEAM and the children involved in the workshops evidently had a good time. An unintended outcome was parental involvement in the workshops and the quality parent/child relationship building that was evident among many of the children.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference |
| Subtitle of host publication | SITE 2016 |
| Editors | Gregory Chamblee, Lee Langub |
| Place of Publication | Waynesville, NC |
| Publisher | AACE |
| Pages | 3134-3138 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781939797216 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 2016 |
| Event | SITE 2016: 27th International Conference Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education - Hyatt Regency Savannah, Savannah, United States Duration: 21 Mar 2016 → 25 Mar 2016 https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/j/SITE/v/2016/n/1/ (Proceedings) https://web.archive.org/web/20160315033436/https://site.aace.org/conf/ (Conference website) |
Conference
| Conference | SITE 2016 |
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| Abbreviated title | Bridging Theory and Practice |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Savannah |
| Period | 21/03/16 → 25/03/16 |
| Other | SITE 2016 in Savannah, Georgia, March 21-25, is the 27th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). |
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