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标题：Can Education Institution Implement STEM? From Malaysian Teachers’ View
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作者：Nur Farhana Ramli ; Othman Talib
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：3
页码：721-732
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i3/2772
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) has been implemented in schools beginning 2017. The main objective of the paper is to find out the views of science teachers regarding the implementation of STEM in schools. This study utilized a qualitative approach in which interviews were carried out among five secondary school teachers who teach science subjects (science, biology, chemistry or physics). The results showed that teachers’ understanding in implementing STEM is insufficient. This was due to lack of information from the authorities. There are some barriers highlighted in this study which are motivation, syllabus, time constraints, lack of training, inadequate facilities, students’ involvement and school community response. This study suggests the urgent need for authorities to disseminate understanding and provide sufficient training to the teachers as well as to overcome the barriers as they are going to implement STEM in schools.