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

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.