The Recycling Corn Husks-A STEM Decorative Item Project in PTEC Student Teachers
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The paper presented the learning activities of recycling corn husks STEM education on decorative item project. The learning activities were designed based on Sutaphan and Yuenyong (2019) context-based STEM education learning approach. This learning activities aim to show the experiences of student teachers fostering thinking deeply in investigating and doing the current new challenge (regarding the growth of the corn husks waste using decorative recycling) in the community using STEM approach and the classroom research and project as the model. The paper will discuss on student teachers’ experiences in applying STEM knowledge through these activities.
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