STEM professional development program for gifted education teachers: STEM lesson plan design competence, self-efficacy, computational thinking and entrepreneurial skills

•In order to design and implement quality STEM teaching, professional development programs should be designed to develop teachers' self-efficacy, knowledge and skills.•STEM PD designers can improve STEM teaching quality by incorporating CT and entrepreneurial skills into STEM PD programs.•It is...

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Published in:Thinking skills and creativity 2024-03, Vol.51, p.101439, Article 101439
Main Authors: Şahin, Erhan, Sarı, Uğur, Şen, Ömer Faruk
Format: Article
Language:English
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Computational thinking
Entrepreneurship
Gifted education
STEM PD
STEM self-efficacy
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Summary:•In order to design and implement quality STEM teaching, professional development programs should be designed to develop teachers' self-efficacy, knowledge and skills.•STEM PD designers can improve STEM teaching quality by incorporating CT and entrepreneurial skills into STEM PD programs.•It is recommended that teachers also develop STEM self-efficacy so that they can reflect their STEM PD achievements in the learning process. This study examined the impact of a 10-month STEM professional development (PD) program on 25 teachers working with gifted students. The program aimed to enhance pedagogical knowledge and competencies. Findings indicated significant positive improvements in teachers' STEM self-efficacy, computational thinking, and entrepreneurship skills. The PD program also had a direct positive influence on the quality of lesson plans. The study suggests that effective PD design should incorporate scientific inquiry, engineering design processes, computational thinking, entrepreneurship skills, and the development of teachers' self-efficacy for successful implementation of PD outcomes in STEM education.
ISSN:1871-1871
1878-0423
DOI:10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101439