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García Carmona, Antonio Toma, Radu Bogdan 2025-03-25T11:14:02Z 2025-03-25T11:14:02Z 2024-01 0157-244X http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10373 10.1007/s11165-023-10152-3 1573-1898 STEM education is present in most recent curriculum reforms around the world. One of the main novelties of this educational movement is the integration of engineering practices into science education. In the Spanish educational context, this implies an important challenge for science teachers. So, this study analyzes whether secondary science teachers are sufficiently prepared for this purpose, as well as to find out their experiences, emotions, and appraisals in this regard. To this end, a questionnaire was designed and administered to 328 secondary science teachers as a representative sample of science teachers in Spain with a confidence level of just over 93%. The reliability of the questionnaire was evidenced by the high degree of internal consistency of the data (α = 0.88). And its validity was determined by means of an exploratory factor analysis. The results reveal that secondary science teachers, in general, have low levels of pedagogical preparation and self-efficacy to integrate engineering practices into science classes, as well as a predominant emotion of insecurity about it. There is also a strong preference among teachers for this to be done in technology subjects. It is concluded that the effective integration of engineering practices into science education is currently a complex challenge that requires ad hoc teacher training plans. Funding for open access publishing: Universidad de Sevilla/CBUA This study was funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (Government of Spain) under Grant PID2022-137471NB-I00. application/pdf eng Springer Research in Science Education. 2024, V. 54, n. 4, p. 549-572 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-023-10152-3 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Curricular integration Engineering practices Science education STEM education Secondary science teacher Planificación educativa Ciencias naturales Enseñanza secundaria Educational planning Natural history Education, Secondary Integration of Engineering Practices into Secondary Science Education: Teacher Experiences, Emotions, and Appraisals info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Research in Science Education 54 4 549 572