Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyses the studies about science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the world by using the content analysis method and to reveal the trend in the field. In this study, which was carried out in a survey design to analyses the articles pub-lished in the Institute for Scientific Information web of science database be-tween 2010 and May 2020 and to determine the research trends of the arti-cles published in this direction, 100 articles selected by criterion sampling method were examined. In the selection of articles, attention was paid to in-clude studies on ‘STEM Education’ with respect to perspective of emerging technologies in learning. After examining the articles, the articles were analyses by content analysis method. The articles were examined in terms of descriptive information about the identity of the article, cate-gory field, article subject area, method, sample, data collection tools, data analysis methods and discussion size. The research data were interpreted based on the percentage and frequency findings, and data were presented as tables and graphs. According to the research data, it was determined that the highest number of publications was published be-tween 2016 and 2018, mostly studies with 2 authors were conducted, and almost all of them were written in English. In addition, it was determined that the number of hypotheses was mostly 2 or 3, and STEM education as a subject area was mostly han-dled covering all its dimensions, whereas mathematics and science educa-tion took second place. It was also observed that the experimental model and the mixed method were used extensively in the studies, and the written sources were frequently used as data collection tools. It was concluded that one-third of the sample level was primary education level studies, the sam-ple selection method was purposeful sampling, and the discussion size was 3 or 4. Based on the current research analysis, the pro-file and trends of the articles were monitored and important recommendations were made in the framework contributing to scientific research.
Highlights
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is an approach needed to emphasise the subjects of science, mathematics, technology and engineering in school settings starting from early childhood, and to develop 21st century skills of individuals, such as critical thinking, creativity, curiosity and cooperation [3] [16] [1] [9] [14] [18].STEM is an acronym that refers to the education-related programmes in relevant disciplines
When we look at the results in Sanli (2019) [26] and Sahin (2019) [25], we see that STEM education is handled in all dimensions
According to the research data, it was determined that the highest number of publications were between 2016 and 2018, most of the studies were two-authored, and almost all of them were written in English (85% English and 15% Turkish)
Summary
Technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is an approach needed to emphasise the subjects of science, mathematics, technology and engineering in school settings starting from early childhood, and to develop 21st century skills of individuals, such as critical thinking, creativity, curiosity and cooperation [3] [16] [1] [9] [14] [18].STEM is an acronym that refers to the education-related programmes in relevant disciplines. Some educators see STEM as an individual reflection of any of the STEM disciplines, there are educators who argue that it should be integrated as a whole. It includes engineering or problem-solving process skills that require appropriate use [16]. These are being introduced to children, activities and environments are important to make them apply their acquired concepts by combining with existing concepts, and to learn and apply new concepts by constructing themselves [20] [30]
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