Assessing the Needs of STEM Education Using a School/University Collaborative Research Model

• In Event: Collaborative Research Design Within School, University, and Community Partnerships

Abstract

To improve STEM resources in rural Georgia, our team is engaged in school/university collaborative research through a Research-Practice Partnership (RPP). This paper presents initial findings from our needs assessment, which is currently in progress and will be complete by April 2021. Our needs assessment is a four-phase exploratory sequential mixed methods study (Creswell & Plano-Clark, 2017). We find that parents have confidence in their students' teachers, but that teachers are in need of more professional development opportunities.

Authors

• Phillip D Grant, University of West Georgia

• T. Logan Arrington, University of West Georgia

• Angela Branyon, University of West Georgia

• Lara Willox, The University of West Georgia

• Ye Chen, University of West Georgia

• Li Cao, The University of West Georgia

• Sungwoong Lee, University of West Georgia