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RESEARCH PAPER
Using a Reflective Practice Model to Teach STEM Education in a Blended Learning Environment
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Zayed University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Publication date: 2021-02-13
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(2):em1942
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
This study explores and explains teachers’ perceptions and practices in using a reflective practice
model to teach STEM education in a blended learning environment. The study was conducted
before the COVID-19 lockdown and continued after the quarantine till the end of the semester.
The transformative learning and the experiential learning theories are used as combined
conceptual frameworks to form a reflective practice model that guided this study. The participants
are middle school teachers (n=18) in a private school in the United Arab Emirates UAE. A
sequential mixed-method approach using quantitative and qualitative data was used. An online
survey with closed-ended items was adopted to collect quantitative data from teachers. The
qualitative data was collected through teachers’ semi-structured interviews using Zoom
conference meeting. The study’s results reveal that teachers’ perceptions and practices about
learning and skills needed in the future will be different from before COVID-19.
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