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Table 4 Frequency of description regarding belief, understanding, and intentions

From: Building future primary teachers' capacity in STEM: based on a platform of beliefs, understandings and intentions

Category of open question responses

N (%)

Belief*

 Resources (BQ1)

88 (73.95)

 Leadership and support (BQ2)

81 (68.07)

 Experienced teacher and integrating STEM (BQ3)

76 (63.87)

 Team teaching (BQ4)

54 (45.38)

 Student-centred teaching (BQ5)

53 (44.54)

Understanding**

 Understanding—overall (UQ1)

11 (9.24)

 Understanding—confidence in Maths (UQ2)

34 (28.57)

 Understanding—underprepared (UQ3)

27 (22.69)

 Understanding—no confidence in science (UQ4)

15 (12.61)

 Understanding—not at all confident (UQ5)

32 (26.89)

Intention*

 Teach S, T, E, and M (ITQ1)

82 (68.91)

 Confidence of teachers (ITQ2)

73 (61.34)

 Student-centred activities (ITQ3)

66 (55.46)

 Creativity and interdisciplinary focus (ITQ4)

60 (50.42)

 Compulsory and specialised STEM (ITQ5)

53 (44.54)

  1. *Multiple Responses by one person
  2. **Categorised to only one of the category to overall responses