MS Science, Mathematics, Art and Technology Education

At the high competency levels of the large-scale assessments such as PISA, TIMSS, it has been expressed the importance of individuals who have a capacity to produce knowledge that have economic value. One of the requirements for cultivating the individuals who have these proficiencies is to having persons equipped science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills. Lots of recent reports expressed the importance of education for shifting knowledge-based society with the aim of attaining individuals these skills (TUSIAD,2014; NRC,2011). The classroom teaching practices in science, mathematics, and cognitive courses are crucial to attain these kinds of skills to the K12 students. With this master program, science, mathematics, and cognitive teachers are going to find an opportunity to understand the nature of STEM education, to aware of developments of STEM education in the world, to develop of STEM Education activities, and to apply these activities in the classrooms.