Evaluating Students’ Attitudes Toward STEM Education: The Case of Greek Pre-
Abstract
The objective of this research paper is to assess Greek pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards STEM Education through multidimensional statistical analysis. The sample consist of 130 Greek pre-services participated in the study. The study used a Scale related to respondents’ feedback on teachers to implement STEM constructed by Abdullah et al. (2017) by applying a five-point Likert scale. The scale consisted of three conceptual constructs named Readiness to implement STEM from the cognitive aspect, Readiness to implement stem from the affective aspect, Readiness to implement stem from the behavioural aspect. Greek Students’ General attitudes toward STEM education were evaluated by another item that rate from 1 to 100 scaling the total score. The results demonstrated that the strongest correlation was between the conceptual construct named Readiness to implement STEM from the cognitive aspect and Readiness to implement stem from the affective aspect. In addition, the study made it evidence that the correlation between the conceptual constructs Total score related to General attitudes toward Readiness to implement STEM the conceptual construct Readiness to implement STEM from the cognitive aspect was strong.