Developing Maker Teachers

• In Event: 18.058 - MTCC Roundtable Session Four
  In Roundtable Session: 18.058-13 - Supporting Teaching in STEM, Making, and Computational Thinking

Abstract

Those wishing to be effective in the future workplace will need to have a better understanding and grasp of technology and possess the ability and flexibility to think creatively and adapt in an ever-changing work environment. Teachers, who are products of their own schooling, are unlikely prepared to implement Making and hands-on technology learning in their classroom without significant professional development (PD) (Bullock & Sator, 2015). As the ‘Every Child Succeeds Act’ calls for all students to have the opportunity to access these technologies, we must begin to think about training and preparing both pre-service and in-service teachers who are strong in both science associational fluency and technology, and have strong self-efficacy in terms of science, computation, and technology.

Authors

• Beth Deuermeyer, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Sharon Lynn Chu, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Francis Quek, Texas A&M University - College Station