Opinions of field experts about STEAM education

In this study, the components of grounded theory were used in order to get the opinions of field experts (faculty, graduate and doctorate students) related to STEAM education in 2018 - 2019 academic year. STEM and STEAM education field experts having relevant opinions were purposely chosen as sample group. Within the scope of this study, Field Experts Opinion Questionnaire on STEAM Training, consisting of 5 demographic information and 10 open-ended opinion questions was prepared by the researcher as the data collection tool. The questionnaire was sent to the field experts via e-mail. Consequently, the study group consisted of 9 faculty members and 5 graduate students who gave feedback to the questionnaire. The data collected from the field experts who participated in the study were analyzed in detail for each question. In the next process, related answers were collected in a common pool and themes, sub-themes, quotes anf frequencies were determined. At the end, the literature evaluated together with the opinions of STEAM education experts, suggestions were made for theoretical and practical process in Turkey.