A Study of States on STEM Education Activities of School in Driven Project STEM Education under Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research aimed to study the states of STEM education activities of schools in STEM education driven project under Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The research was conducted 1 step: studying the states of STEM education activities schools in STEM education driven project under Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area office 1. The sample group comprised 20 school administrators, 20 heads of academic affairs, 20 science teachers, 20 mathematics teachers, and 20 technology teachers in academic year 2017 totaling 100 participants by using the purposive sampling. The instrument employed was a questionnaire which developed by the researchers with the reliability coefficient of 0.94. The statistics used were average and standard deviation. The findings found that the stage level of activities of schools in STEM education driven project under Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The overall was at the high level. When each aspect was considered shown that the measurement and the evaluation of instruction of schools in STEM education driven project under Uthai Thani Primary Educational Service Area office 1 was at the top ranking and the high level, the STEM education activity management was at the second ranking and the high level, the instruction activity process was at the third ranking and the high level, and the STEM education curriculum and STEM standard was at the last ranking and the high level. The descending order of each aspect was as follows : the measurement and the evaluation of instruction, the SMEM education activity management, the instruction activity process, and the STEM education curriculum and STEM standard.