Developing Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Early STEM Learning Experiences

This book provides best practices for enhancing young children's STEM learning experiences in formal and informal settings, including curriculum, pedagogy, teacher education, family environment, and inclusive education. It is based on multidisciplinary and multinational studies and presents diverse, authentic, and current STEM-relevant scenarios.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 11 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book offers invaluable insights into the best practices for enhancing young children's STEM learning experiences in both formal and informal settings. It stands as the first collection of multidisciplinary and multinational studies on early STEM programs worldwide, presenting a diverse range of authentic and current STEM-relevant scenarios that address two fundamental questions: where are we in early STEM education, and where should we go?

The book delves into the factors that shape young learners' abilities to make informed choices in authentic, problem-based, STEM-relevant scenarios, and explores how these abilities have been identified, documented, and enhanced. Chapters cover a wide range of topics related to curriculum and pedagogy, teacher education and professional development, family environment, and inclusive education, drawing from international settings such as Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, and the United States. Each chapter is based on a research project, providing relevant background information from the research literature, detailed descriptions of the study's design, findings, and discussions of their practical implications.

Developing Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Early STEM Learning Experiences is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in early childhood education and care, STEM education, educational psychology, educational research, and educational technology. Originally published as a special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, this book showcases the latest research and developments in the field, providing valuable guidance for educators and policymakers seeking to improve early STEM education outcomes.

Weight: 530g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032634128