Investigation of the interdisciplinary STEM integration in a teaching module regarding climate change by pre-service teachers


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Published: Sep 20, 2023
Keywords:
boundary objects STEM education climate change
Chara Bitsaki
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8952-9207
Ioannis Metaxas
Athanasia Kokolaki
Dimitris Stavrou
Olivia Levrini
Abstract

This paper presents concepts that are utilized for the effective integration of STEM disciplines in an interdisciplinary STEM module for climate change, along with the characteristics of these concepts as recognized by secondary pre-service teachers, within the framework for boundary objects. The implementation involved 12 pre-service teachers from Greece, Italy, France, and Spain, with backgrounds in different STEM disciplines, who attended a week-long summer school on an interdisciplinary STEM approach. The importance of using different boundary objects in interdisciplinary modules’ development emerged from the implementation, as each of them highlights different aspects of interdisciplinarity.

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