Journal of Research in Instructional
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Research in Instructional

STEM career interest of junior high school students in Indonesia: A survey research

Assyifa Ilma Maharani (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia)
Nanang Winarno (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia)
E. Eliyawati (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia)
Nur Jahan Ahmad (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Apr 2024

Abstract

Applying STEM integration in education already become a concern because there is still a lack of STEM integration in schools. This study aims to analyze STEM career interest among junior high school students in Indonesia and analyze the factors that influence student interest and differ by grade. The researcher conducted survey research by adapting the STEM-CIS instrument in the shape of a 5-point Likert scale. The questionnaire consists of 44 questions with 4 dimensions of STEM and 8 open-ended questions. The survey was administered to 1510 junior high school students in several provinces in Indonesia. This finding obtained the value of the average and standard deviation for each dimension of STEM. The results also obtained factors influenced student career Interest in STEM such as internal and environmental. This study can encourage science educators to improve STEM facilities and apply STEM learning to encourage students to pursue STEM careers in the future.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jri

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Journal of Research in Instructional [e-ISSN: 2776-222X] is an Open Access Journal published by the Universitas Papua. JRI is regularly published bi-annually. By publishing bi-annually: June and December JRI is intended to communicate original researches and current issues on education and ...