The Role of STEM (or STEAM) in the Early Childhood Setting

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    2014
    Date Issued
    2023
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    The White House Initiative: Educate to Innovate (2009) outlines the need for school age children (P-12) to focus more intentionally on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math or STEM. The arts and other developmentally appropriate activities (i.e., blocks, painting, music, etc.) are added to STEM to create STEAM. Specifically, this chapter focuses on Technology, Engineering, and the Arts within the contexts of Science and Mathematics in the early childhood setting. By allowing children the time to explore and create, young children will wonder about the worm around them. The chapter concludes with suggestions for early childhood professionals to create environments (physically, temporally, and inter-personally) that encourage and expand the STEM principles.
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    Advances in Early Education & Day Care, vol. 17.

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    20 pages
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    Lindeman, K.W., Jabot, M., and Berkley, Mira T. (2013). "The role of STEM (or STEAM) in the early childhood setting." Advances in Early Education & Day Care, vol 17. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S0270-4021(2013)0000017009/full/html
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