Integrating socio-scientific issues in STEM education: science teachers’ decision-making processes and perspectives
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Prof. Dr. Esra BOZKURT ALTAN Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Nurhan ÖZTÜRK Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
İrfan Gümüş
Samsun Provincial Health Directorate, Türkiye
Samsun Provincial Health Directorate, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Research in Science and Technological Education (Q2) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0263-5143 Dergi Bilgileri (2026) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 04-2026 |
| Kabul Tarihi | 31-03-2026 | Yayınlanma Tarihi | 16-04-2026 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | – / 1 / 1–26 | DOI | 10.1080/02635143.2026.2660365 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2026.2660365 | ||
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| This study explored the impact of a socio-scientific issues (SSIs)-based STEM activity on science teachers who attended a professional development program. The focus was on examining their decisions, the multidimensional nature of these decisions, and their informal reasoning patterns regarding the topic of nuclear power plants. Additionally, the study investigated teachers’ views on implementing this activity in the classroom. Conducted as a case study, the research involved 35 science teachers from the Black Sea Region in Türkiye. Over a 5-week program, teachers’ decision-making processes, reasoning patterns, and experiences with the activity’s classroom applicability were analyzed. Findings revealed that teachers predominantly used rational informal reasoning in their decisions about nuclear power plants. Teachers also viewed the activity as well-aligned with SSI, effectively integrating STEM disciplines … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Informal reasoning | science teachers | socio-scientific issues | STEM |
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| Google Scholar | 1 |