Reinventing STEM in Early Childhood Education

A Constructivist Approach

Eugene Geist (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
9781032780481 (ISBN)

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Teaching STEM to young children is about more than helping them learn their numbers and facts. It is an important and complex process that, to be effective, should honor the way children’s brains are developing. This book outlines how early childhood educators can best support young children’s STEM journeys as children naturally take in information about their environment, synthesize it, and grow in the process. This comprehensive text details different theories of learning; research on how young brains develop; practical information on preparing your environment and yourself for teaching STEM to children; guidance for supporting diverse populations of students; and developmental guidelines, sample standards, resources, and lesson plans. Organized chronologically, the book connects relevant STEM topics with each developmental age range and outlines common school standards for each grade. Reinventing STEM in Early Childhood Education is meant to be a core text for preservice teachers in math and science methods courses and is also important reading for teacher educators and professional development programs.

Eugene Geist, Ph.D., is the Judith Walker Gibbs Endowed Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education at Louisiana State University. He is also an active researcher with a long record of publications. His major research focus is how young children (birth to 3rd grade) learn and think mathematically and how integrated curriculum and child-centered approaches can be used to foster cognitive growth and understanding in children from birth through age 8 and beyond.

1. Reinventing STEM; 2. Individually Appropriate STEM In Early Childhood; 3. Culturally Appropriate STEM In Early Childhood; 4. Age Appropriate STEM In Early Childhood; 5. STEM With Infants and Toddlers; 6. STEM In Preschool; 7. STEM In Kindergarten and First Grade; 8. STEM In Second and Third Grade; 9. STEM The Project Approach and STEM; 10. STEM, Music and The Arts; 11. 101 Influential STEM Figures Everyone Should Know About

Erscheinungsdatum	10.04.2025
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-13	9781032780481 / 9781032780481
Zustand	Neuware