Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2024
Publication Title
Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
Pages
1684-1693
Conference Name
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, March 25-29, 2024, Las Vegas, Nevada
Abstract
Preservice teachers (PSTs) in an educational foundations course were tasked with leading elementary students in an engineering design challenge. In order to explore different approaches for helping the PSTs develop competence in engineering education, two implementation methods were tested. In Spring 2022, PSTs collaborated with undergraduate engineering students to develop carnival-themed design challenge lessons. In Fall 2022, PSTs worked with their PST classmates to teach a professionally prepared engineering lesson focused on designing plastic filters. PSTs’ knowledge of engineering and engineering pedagogy were compared across the two semesters using an exploratory approach. Both groups showed increases in engineering knowledge and engineering pedagogical knowledge. Item-level differences suggest unique benefits to each approach providing insight for teacher educators designing interventions to help prepare PSTs to integrate engineering into elementary education.
Rights
Copyright by AACE. Reprinted from, with permission of AACE (https://aace.org).
ORCID
0000-0003-4348-7798 (Pazos), 0000-0002-9339-7574 (Gutierrez), 0000-0002-5675-5045 (Rhemer), 0000-0003-3376-0252 (Ringleb), 0000-0002-1453-2353 (Cima)
Original Publication Citation
Kidd, J., Pazos, P., Gutierrez, K., Rhemer, D., Ringleb, S., Kaipa, K., Kumi, I., Ayala, O., & Cima, F. (2024). From carnival games to plastic filters: Preparing elementary preservice teachers to teach engineering. In J. Cohen & G. Solano (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1684-1693). Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224194/
Repository Citation
Kidd, Jennifer; Pazos, Pilar; Gutierrez, Kristie; Rhemer, Danielle; Ringleb, Stacie; Kaipa, Krishna; Kumi, Isaac; Ayala, Orlando; and Cima, Francisco, "From Carnival Games to Plastic Filters: Preparing Elementary Preservice Teachers to Teach Engineering" (2024). Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications. 243.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/teachinglearning_fac_pubs/243