The Modern STEM Center as a Perspective Educational Resource for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Training

Mariana Kovtoniuk, Olena Soia, Oksana Turzhanska, Olena Kosovets, Ivanna Leonova

2021

Abstract

The development of education in the field of STEM as an innovative direction of science and mathematics education in Ukraine is carried out through the effective use of STEM methods as tools for learning, career guidance of pupils/student youth, training, retraining or advanced training of scientific and pedagogical workers. The article analyzes trends in the development of education in the field of STEM as one of the key fields of research worldwide from the point of view of geospatial focus, main disciplinary areas, methodological and theoretical assumptions in the formation of research and STEM education practices. The regulatory and legal field of the implementation of the state program of the STEM field in Ukraine has been studied. The article focuses on effective pedagogical strategies of STEM education from the standpoint of creating a STEM center as a perspective educational resource for undergraduate science and mathematics training at the Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University. The key performance indicators of the STEM center “Educational and Scientific Training Center for Computer Science and Computer Mathematics” have been determined. The popularization of STEM education among young people, teachers of general secondary education institutions and teachers of higher education institutions thanks to holding meetings in the direction of STEM education with leading specialists of Delphi Software, an expert of Panasonic is described. The experience of the functioning of the STEM center based on the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is highlighted. Innovative forms of implementing STEM education to attract young people to educational, practical and scientific research activities are considered. The effectiveness of the work of the “Educational and Scientific Training Center for Computer Science and Computer Mathematics” is evidenced by the achievements of university students in various Olympiads, competitions, and presentations at conferences. Pedagogical research on the perception by respondents of the functions performed by the STEM center was analyzed using factor analysis. Factor analysis was performed using principal component analysis and varimax rotation (Varimax Normalized). The optimal number of factors and their statistical significance were checked according to the Kaiser criterion.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kovtoniuk M., Soia O., Turzhanska O., Kosovets O. and Leonova I. (2021). The Modern STEM Center as a Perspective Educational Resource for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Training. In Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology - Volume 1: AET; ISBN 978-989-758-662-0, SciTePress, pages 658-674. DOI: 10.5220/0012066800003431

in Bibtex Style

@conference{aet21,
author={Mariana Kovtoniuk and Olena Soia and Oksana Turzhanska and Olena Kosovets and Ivanna Leonova},
title={The Modern STEM Center as a Perspective Educational Resource for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Training},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology - Volume 1: AET},
year={2021},
pages={658-674},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012066800003431},
isbn={978-989-758-662-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology - Volume 1: AET
TI - The Modern STEM Center as a Perspective Educational Resource for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Training
SN - 978-989-758-662-0
AU - Kovtoniuk M.
AU - Soia O.
AU - Turzhanska O.
AU - Kosovets O.
AU - Leonova I.
PY - 2021
SP - 658
EP - 674
DO - 10.5220/0012066800003431
PB - SciTePress