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Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market

INTRODUCTION: This paper explores teachers’ views on the impact of STEM education on the labor market. This study focused on teachers’ views to investigate STEM education and the labor market and the relationship between the two. METHODS: The sample consisted of 32 teachers from different branches....

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Autores principales: Akcan, Ahmet Tayfur, Yıldırım, Bekir, Karataş, Ali Rauf, Yılmaz, Mustafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37377702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184730
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author Akcan, Ahmet Tayfur
Yıldırım, Bekir
Karataş, Ali Rauf
Yılmaz, Mustafa
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description INTRODUCTION: This paper explores teachers’ views on the impact of STEM education on the labor market. This study focused on teachers’ views to investigate STEM education and the labor market and the relationship between the two. METHODS: The sample consisted of 32 teachers from different branches. Participants were recruited using purposive convenience sampling. This paper adopted a qualitative case study research design. Qualitative data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. The qualitative data were analyzed using inductive content and descriptive analysis. RESULTS: Participants stated that STEM education offered new fields of work, promoted entrepreneurship, and increased job opportunities. They also noted that STEM education helped reduce social costs. They emphasized that STEM education made participants happy, prevented brain drain, and reduced social problems. On the other hand, they also noted that STEM education could lead to technological unemployment. The descriptive analyses showed that STEM education had a positive impact on employment, a reduction in social costs, and a positive impact on underemployment. In light of the results, we made recommendations for future research.
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spelling pubmed-102927472023-06-27 Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market Akcan, Ahmet Tayfur Yıldırım, Bekir Karataş, Ali Rauf Yılmaz, Mustafa Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: This paper explores teachers’ views on the impact of STEM education on the labor market. This study focused on teachers’ views to investigate STEM education and the labor market and the relationship between the two. METHODS: The sample consisted of 32 teachers from different branches. Participants were recruited using purposive convenience sampling. This paper adopted a qualitative case study research design. Qualitative data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. The qualitative data were analyzed using inductive content and descriptive analysis. RESULTS: Participants stated that STEM education offered new fields of work, promoted entrepreneurship, and increased job opportunities. They also noted that STEM education helped reduce social costs. They emphasized that STEM education made participants happy, prevented brain drain, and reduced social problems. On the other hand, they also noted that STEM education could lead to technological unemployment. The descriptive analyses showed that STEM education had a positive impact on employment, a reduction in social costs, and a positive impact on underemployment. In light of the results, we made recommendations for future research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10292747/ /pubmed/37377702 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184730 Text en Copyright © 2023 Akcan, Yıldırım, Karataş and Yılmaz. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Akcan, Ahmet Tayfur
Yıldırım, Bekir
Karataş, Ali Rauf
Yılmaz, Mustafa
Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market
title Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market
title_full Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market
title_fullStr Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market
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title_short Teachers’ views on the effect of STEM education on the labor market
title_sort teachers’ views on the effect of stem education on the labor market
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37377702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184730
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