TY  - BOOK
AU  - Larkin,Kevin
AU  - Lowrie,Thomas
TI  - STEM Education in the Early Years: Thinking About Tomorrow  
SN  - 9789811928109
U1  - 372.21 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Early childhood education
KW  - Science-Study and teaching
KW  - Mathematics-Study and teaching 
KW  - Educational technology
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Early Childhood Education
KW  - Science Education
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Digital Education and Educational Technology
KW  - Didactics and Teaching Methodology
N1  - Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Pedagogical and Social Perspectives to teaching STEM -- Chapter Three Digital Technologies, Computational Thinking and Play -- Chapter Four Formal and Informal STEM Learning and implications for Professional Development -- Chapter Five A Way Forward: A new pedagogical approach to STEM Education
N2  - This book analyses and synthesises past and current approaches to STEM Education in the Early Years, particularly the role of digital technologies and play based pedagogies, and provides a look forward to a new way of conceiving STEM Education. It presents a literature review of existing best practice in STEM education, both in Australia and internationally. It also presents theoretical and pedagogical discussions that outlines a new approach to STEM Education, based on a four-year, longitudinal, Early Years project. It provides educational frameworks for educators' use to enhance student learning in STEM, both in formal school contexts and beyond. This book focuses on a number of core themes in the research literature, including STEM education policy (nationally and internationally); the economic, social and political implication of STEM Education; the nexus between digital technologies, STEM, and play based pedagogies; the confidence and competence of early childhood educators and their professional development requirements; STEM education beyond formal schooling; and a new pedagogical approach to STEM education.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2810-9
ER  -