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Demircan, Hasibe Özlen – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
This article analyzes the perspectives of three preschool teachers on integrative STEM practices and the facilitating and hindering factors in their implementation. The participants were preschool teachers working at public preschools. They volunteered to participate in a 14-hour STEM professional development program and to share their…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, STEM Education, Barriers, Preschool Education
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Güçhan-Özgül, Sinem – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2021
This study aims to introduce inquiry-based play activities and to examine their effectiveness on young children's conceptual understanding of the shape of the Earth and the day-night cycle. The inquiry-based play activities for preschool children were designed to support children to learn the concepts of the shape of the Earth and the day-night…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Play, Preschool Children
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Awang, Zahiroh; Yakob, Nooraida; Hamzah, Aswati; Talling, Mohd Mernan – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2020
The culture of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) teaching is still new among preschool teachers. Nevertheless, STEAM teaching is seen as challenging to be implemented if there is no clear guideline prepared by qualified experts. Therefore, a need analysis on STEAM teaching strategies ought to be conducted to ensure the…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Preschool Education, Teaching Methods
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Hardy, Jessica K.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise – Young Exceptional Children, 2020
Many teachers want to provide meaningful science activities and instruction in their classroom that benefit all young children. This is consistent with the increasing focus on enhancing science experiences and instruction in preschool classrooms. Recommendations for how to engage in early childhood science activities are available, as are science…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Science Activities, Individualized Instruction, Preschool Teachers
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Preston, Christine – Teaching Science, 2018
This paper outlines a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning experience for children in the early years of school. It builds on STEM education in early childhood with a shared purpose, "to help children to explore and make sense of their world using childrelevant and appropriate contexts" (Preston, 2018 p. 137).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Learning Experience, Early Childhood Education
Weisberg, Deena Skolnick; Kittredge, Audrey K.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Klahr, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Children, especially in the preschool years, learn a tremendous amount through play. Research on guided play demonstrates how schools can couple a curriculum-centered preschool program with a developmentally appropriate pedagogical approach to classroom teaching. However, to fully test this claim, we need a clear definition of the term…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Classroom Techniques
Lee, Joan – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2016
Recognizing the growth of technology use in early learning settings, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services collaborated in the development of the "Early Learning and Educational Technology Policy Brief" to promote developmentally appropriate use of technology in homes and early learning…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Young Children
Stoecklin, Vicki L. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
There has been increased interest in recent years on gardening with children and a variety of programs have been started to support different types of programmatic goals. Goals of gardening programs include environmental stewardship, personal growth/social skills, an integrated learning environment, nutrition/health, science education, practical…
Descriptors: Young Children, Gardening, Child Development, Interpersonal Competence
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McMullen, Mary Benson; Elicker, James; Goetze, Giselle; Huang, Hsin-Hui; Lee, Sun-Mi; Mathers, Carrie; Wen, Xiaoli; Yang, Heayoung – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
A team of researchers used a collaborative assessment protocol to compare the self-reported teaching beliefs of a convenience sample of preschool teachers (N = 57) to their documentable practices (i.e., practices that could be observed, recorded, and categorized using a deductive strategy). Data were examined from survey instruments, detailed…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Student Attitudes