An Investigation into Mathematics Teachers? Roles in Stem Education Teaching Approaches

@article{1706323,
      author = {Williams A. Onasanya, Fisayo Areelu},
      title = {An Investigation into Mathematics Teachers? Roles in Stem Education Teaching Approaches},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {8},
      number = {3},
      pages = {563-569},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1706323.pdf},
      abstract = {The success of any nation in this 21st century continues to depend on ideas and skills. Increasingly, the influence of technology and the availability of information always shape ideas and skills, resting in large part on how well we address science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in education system. STEM education is widely promoted by governments around the world as a way of boosting students? interest and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and preparing STEM-qualified workers for twenty-first century careers. However, the role of mathematics in STEM education often appears to be of paramount one. This study looks into mathematics teachers? roles in STEM education teaching approaches. This study was conducted in Lagos State Educational District III of Lagos Nigeria. 120 secondary schools mathematics? teachers were the subjects of the study. Questionnaire was used to get information from the subjects. Four hypotheses guided the study and t- test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. The result shows that mathematics teachers were not using STEM integrated teaching approach to impact knowledge to students and only few of the teachers used STEM embedded approach. Recommendation was made for future improvement.},
      keywords = {Interest and achievement, mathematics teachers? roles, teaching approach, STEM Education},
      month = {September},
  }