Advancing Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence through STEM-Based Lesson Study in Indonesian Primary Schools

  • Sri Yulias Anggraeni Universitas PGRI Argopuro,  Indonesia
  • Fauzan Adhim Universitas PGRI Argopuro,  Indonesia
  • Rina Sugiarti Dwi Gita Universitas PGRI Argopuro,  Indonesia
Keywords: Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence, Professional Development STEM-Based Learning, Lesson Study, Primary School

Abstract

Objective: This study aims at comprehensively investigating the practical STEM-based lesson study to improve teachers’ pedagogical competence in primary schools. Method: This study conducts a qualitative case study. This sstudy was conducted in SD Negeri Bades. The researcher incorporated observation sheets and semi-structured interviews in collecting the data. Results: The findings show that there are three stages conducted in STEM-based learning; planning, doing, and seeing stage. Further, incorporating STEM-based lesson study indicates an improvement of teachers’ pedagogical competence in primary schools. In addition, teachers are able to share their ideas to design effective lesson design, and able to design effective lesson plan to make effective and meaningful STEM-based learning in SD Negeri Bades. Novelty: This study provides practical integration of STEM-based lesson study to improve teachers’pedagogical competence within context of Indonesian primary schools.

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Published
2025-07-31
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Yulias Anggraeni, S., Adhim, F., & Sugiarti Dwi Gita, R. (2025). Advancing Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence through STEM-Based Lesson Study in Indonesian Primary Schools. IJORER : International Journal of Recent Educational Research, 6(4), 1237-1250. https://doi.org/10.46245/ijorer.v6i4.877
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