Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of science – technology – engineering – mathematics (STEM) education teachers of science, mathematics and information technologies’ in secondary schools with different variables. This research is structured with a survey model in which a quantitative data instrument was used to explore awareness of teachers for STEM education. In this study, the convenience / incidental sampling method among non-random sampling methods was adopted. The sample of the study consisted of 118 science, mathematics and information technologies teachers working in secondary schools in the center of Karaman. The ‘STEM Awareness Scale’ developed by Buyruk and Korkmaz (2016) was used as the data collection tool in this study. The validity and reliability studies were performed again after the scale was applied to the participants. No significant correlation was found between gender and department each dimension of the scale that consists of two sub-dimensions, which are positive and negative STEM awareness. As a result, young teachers and teachers who have graduated from education faculty have a positive STEM awareness while teachers with professional seniority and associate degree graduates have a negative STEM awareness.
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