Adapting the Survey of Technological Pedagogical STEM Knowledge to the Turkish Language and Determining the Knowledge of Pre-service and In-service Teachers

Authors : Aynur GÜNGÖR, Mücahit KÖSE

Pages : 287-318

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Publication Date : 2022-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study was to adapt a survey developed by Chai, Jong et al. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2019); on technological pedagogical STEM insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TP-STEM); knowledge into Turkish and to determine the knowledge of pre-service and in-service teachers about TP-STEM. The original survey consisted of four factors and a total of 17 items. These factors included Technological Pedagogical Knowledge in Science insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TPSK);, Technological Pedagogical Knowledge in Mathematics insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TPMK);, Technological Pedagogical Knowledge in Engineering insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TPEK);, and Integrative STEM insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(iSTEM); knowledge. The participants of the study were 520 pre-service and in-service teachers. The analysis showed that the model fit indices for the validity of the factor structures were acceptable with a value of RMSEA=0.0621 and showed excellent agreement with the values SRMR=0.0346, CFI =0.961, TLI=0.953. The Cronbach\`s alpha values for the factors ranged from 0.80 to 0.84 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(α-value >.70);. These results mean that the survey adapted to Turkish language was reliable and valid for further research. The results showed that pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers had lower self-efficacy on the subfactors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TPSK, TPMK, TPEK, and iSTEM); than pre-service and in-service science and computer teachers.
Keywords : Integrated STEM education, Technological pedagogical content knowledge, Teachers self efficacy, Technological pedagogical STEM Knowledge