EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM IN TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Abstract

Effectiveness of STEM education in teaching learning process of teachers and students has a great field in this technological period. Pakistan is in early stages of integrating STEM education in teaching learning process in developing countries of the world. The purpose of this research was to discuss STEM education and the factors involved in teaching learning process in general. This research was a descriptive in nature and quantitative analyses of data were used in this work. The populations of the study were all the teachers of secondary schools in three district of Southern Punjab namely Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan. Two hundred (200) secondary school teachers were randomly selected as a sample. The information was collected from secondary school teachers through a self-developed questionnaire. The researcher visited personally and given instructions to the teachers about filling of the questionnaire. SPSS tool was used to measure the frequency and percentage of analyzed data. The result of the study shows that there is a strong need for teachers to integrate the effectiveness of STEM and the classroom environment. The study found that education stakeholders should make it easier for teachers to make the most of STEM integrated training with the necessary resources and support teachers through training. The research may suggest that the Ministry of Education allocate funds to education department for the development and advancement of STEM integrated teaching learning process at secondary school level.