Examining of STEM Motivations and Entrepreneurship Levels of Pre-Service Teachers

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 858 - 875, 28.12.2023

Mustafa Tüysüz , Ümmüye Nur Tüzün , Elif Selcan Öztay , Gülseda Eyceyurt Türk

https://doi.org/10.51535/tell.1315893

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to highlight the STEM motivation and entrepreneurship skills of pre-service teachers educating on different programs. For this purpose, the quantitative research approach was conducted, and a survey model was employed. The sample of this research comprised 285 pre-service teachers enrolled in the various departments of faculty of education in a state university in Türkiye. "Entrepreneurship Scale for Teacher Candidates" and "STEM Motivation Scale" were utilized as data collection tools. It was found statistically significant differences between early childhood education and elementary mathematics education, between elementary education and elementary mathematics education, and also between science and elementary mathematics education in favour of elementary mathematics education regarding the mean scores of pre-service teachers' mathematical motivation (MM) in the significance level of .05. It was also found that there was a significant difference between elementary education and elementary mathematics education in favour of elementary education regarding the mean scores of pre-service teachers' self-confidence (SC) in the significance level of .05 in Entrepreneurship Scale for Pre-service Teachers. Also, it was found that there was a significant difference between elementary education and elementary mathematics education in favour of elementary education regarding the mean scores of students' emotional intelligence (EI) in the significance level of .05 on the Entrepreneurship Scale for Teacher Candidates. According to the results, further implementation suggestions were given.

Keywords

STEM motivation, entrepreneurship skills, pre-service teachers, quantitative research

Öğretmen Adaylarının STEM Motivasyonlarının ve Girişimcilik Seviyelerinin Araştırılması

Abstract

Keywords

STEM motivasyonu, girişimcilik becerileri, öğretmen adayları, nicel araştırma

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