Özet:

Studies in recent years show that the integrated STEM (Fen, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) educational approach plays an important role in the learning of basic sciences and in the understanding of their relations with each other. Most of the studies in the field of STEM education are focused on primary and secondary school levels, and in early childhood, the importance is understood day by day. The purpose of this study is to examine the STEM module they developed in the STEM training course, which is conducted as a Selective course by the candidates for pre-school teachers, according to the STEM analysis criteria. In this study, the method of study of the quality of the research was used. Teacher candidates developed a group STEM module for their pre-school children for 14 weeks and evaluated the STEM module they developed later individually according to the evaluation form used as a data collection tool in research. In the analysis of the data, content analysis was used. According to the findings of the study, it has been observed that the STEM modules prepared by the teacher candidates contain many STEM analysis criteria. In particular, the developed module has been emphasized that it includes real life problems, interdisciplinary integration, student-centricity, development of thinking and questioning skills with open end questions, recognition of the possibility of small groups and inter-class communication, proof-based explanations and the durability of the learned knowledge is important for STEM education that will be given in early childhood.

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