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ERIC Number: EJ1399924
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1863-9690
EISSN: EISSN-1863-9704
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Promoting Pre-Service Teachers' Professionalism in STEAM Education and Education for Sustainable Development through Mathematical Modelling Activities
Wiegand, Sabine; Borromeo Ferri, Rita
ZDM: Mathematics Education, v55 n7 p1269-1282 2023
To successfully solve the complex challenges facing us in the 21st century, people with expertise in the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) fields and other fields are needed, especially for their interdisciplinary way of thinking and working. These competencies should be learned in school, which first implies teacher education to that effect. In this article, a detailed theoretical reflection on the connections or overlapping areas between STEAM education and the dimension of sustainability in a model-like way is presented. It is also argued that mathematical modelling can be a possible instrument for promoting pre-service teachers' professionalism in STEAM education and education for sustainable development (ESD). Based on authors' developed model of this theoretical framework, an ESD-modelling seminar was created for pre-service mathematics teachers in which they also worked on that ESD and STEAM-based modelling problems. In the written reflections on the seminar, which were used as the survey instrument within the conducted empirical study, the teachers presented their subjective views on the connection between modelling and ESD. Based on an evaluation of these written reports by type-forming qualitative content analysis, three teacher profiles for handling ESD within mathematical modelling were developed. These types of teachers illustrate a strong awareness of promoting STEAM and ESD through modelling activities in their upcoming teacher life.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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