STEAM Education for Teachers of Gifted Students

The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a STEAM (science - technology - engineering- arts - mathematics) education process with gifted students’ teachers and to determine the effect of this process on their critical thinking. In the study, the case study was used as one of the qualitative research methods. The participants of the study were 12 gifted students’ teachers who worked at a school for the gifted in Ankara.Teaching worksheets and photographs were used to collect data. After teachers collaboratively carried out STEAM activities and argued the activities in small group discussions, they individually reconstructed each of the STEAM activities as arguments by writing the arguments on worksheets. Photographs were also used for determining STEAM outputs of the application process. For data analysis, content analysis was utilized. Results showed that STEAM education for gifted students’ teachers helped them criticize their own and others’ thinking strategies and provided opportunities for enhancing their critical thinking