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Using a Reflective Practice Model to Teach STEM Education in a Blended Learning Environment
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
  • Areej ElSayary, Zayed University
ORCID Identifiers

0000-0002-5554-0069

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract

© 2021. by the authors; licensee Modestum. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). All rights reserved. This study explores and explains teachers’ perceptions and practices in using a reflective practice model to teach STEM education in a blended learning environment. The study was conducted before the COVID-19 lockdown and continued after the quarantine till the end of the semester. The transformative learning and the experiential learning theories are used as combined conceptual frameworks to form a reflective practice model that guided this study. The participants are middle school teachers (n=18) in a private school in the United Arab Emirates UAE. A sequential mixed-method approach using quantitative and qualitative data was used. An online survey with closed-ended items was adopted to collect quantitative data from teachers. The qualitative data was collected through teachers’ semi-structured interviews using Zoom conference meeting. The study’s results reveal that teachers’ perceptions and practices about learning and skills needed in the future will be different from before COVID-19.

Publisher
Modestum Limited
Disciplines
Keywords
  • blended learning,
  • experiential learning,
  • STEM curriculum,
  • transformative learning
Scopus ID
85101918375
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series
Citation Information
Areej ElSayary. "Using a Reflective Practice Model to Teach STEM Education in a Blended Learning Environment" Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Vol. 17 Iss. 2 (2021) ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1305-8215" target="_blank">1305-8215</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/areej-elsayary/2/