THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN LEARNING MANAGEMENT ON STEM EDUCATION FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOL

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were (1) to develop curriculum in learning management on STEM Education, (2) to implement curriculum in learning management on STEM Education for elementary teachers in Basic Education School. The research is conducted by Research and Development approach with  4 steps. Step 1 is to study basic information for curriculum development  by reviewing literature related to curriculum development and learning management on STEM Education. Step 2 is to construct and verify quality of  the curriculum including drafting curriculum, verifying quality and launching pilot study. Step 3 is to implement the curriculum with 30 elementary teachers by simple random sampling from 185 volunteering elementary teachers, then, applying knowledge and comprehension test, skills test, and attitude test. And step 4 is to evaluate the curriculum by studying teachers’ opinion towards input, process, and product. Sstatistics used in the analysis are Mean, Standard Deviation, and t-test. Findings of the research are: 1) The Curriculum has 8 components; 1.1) Rationale, 1.2) Curriculum Objectives, 1.3) Curriculum Structure, 1.4) Curriculum Content, 1.5) Training Activities, 1.6) Timeline, 1.7) Materials and Learning sources, 1.8) Measurement and Evaluation, and 2) After implementing the Curriculum; 2.1) the teachers have knowledge and comprehension in learning management higher than before at significance level .05, 2.2) the teachers have practical skills in learning management higher than the set criteria 70 percent at significance level .05, 2.3) the teachers have attitude towards learning management higher than before at significance level .05, and 2.4) the teachers have an average overall opinions on the curriculum in terms of input, process and product appropriateness at the most level.