Enabling Educators to Self-assess their STEAM Readiness

Abstract

Self-assessment tools (SAT) are critical to educators’ professional development, allowing them to reflect upon the challenges they face towards accomplishing their teaching and learning goals and the necessary actions to meet them. This work focuses on designing and developing a web-based tool that facilitates educators self-assess their STEAM education readiness. The tool is based on the Competence Framework for STEAM educators, following the successful practice of SELFIE and SELFIEforTeachers SAT. It aims to help educators reflect on their competences and identify their needs for further training and professional development related to STEAM education. This paper describes the design and development of the online tool, along with its first evaluation by educators.