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Integrating and Navigating STEAM (inSTEAM) in Early Childhood Education: An Integrative Review and inSTEAM Conceptual Framework
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Ng, Andrea; Kewalramani, Sarika; Kidman, Gillian – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
In early childhood education, the integration of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) are advocated as contemporary educational goals. However, integration of STEAM is not defined in the early childhood context. We claim to 'integrate' and 'devise integration pedagogies', but there is still no clear-cut message on what…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Integrated Curriculum
Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education
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Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Weiland, Christina; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Espinosa, Linda M.; Gormley, William T.; Ludwig, Jens; Magnuson, Katherine A.; Phillips, Deborah; Zaslow, Martha J. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2013
The expansion of publicly-funded preschool education is currently the focus of a prominent debate. At present, 42% of 4-year-olds attend publicly funded preschool (28% attend public prekindergarten programs, 11% Head Start, and 3% special education preschool programs). A vigorous debate about the merits of preschool education is underway, although…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Investment, Evidence, Relevance (Education)
An Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum: Moving from the "What" and the "How" to the "Why."
New, Rebecca S. – 1999
Usually considered a pedagogical plan, the term "curriculum" is linked with decisions regarding educational content and often with related instructional strategies. However, a curriculum for young children embodies more than the "what" and the "how" of children's learning experiences in early childhood settings. Based…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy
Reversing Public School Reform.
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Glines, Don – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2001
The present "factory" model of schooling is over 100 years old and continues many practices unsupported by research. School districts could implement research and development centers that investigate optional learning environments and lifestyles, implement unused research results, and offer a climate for developing new approaches and materials…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Integrated Curriculum and Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Birth to Age Eight. SUNY series, Early Childhood Education: Inquires and Insights.
Hart, Craig H., Ed.; Burts, Diane C., Ed.; Charlesworth, Rosalind, Ed. – 1997
A holistic approach to early childhood education requires attention not only to what we know about child development and its implications for teaching, but also to the content of the curriculum. This collection of chapters on research and practice on developmentally appropriate integrated curricula is combined in a manner to assist theorists,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages
Developmentally Appropriate and Culturally Responsive Education: Theory in Practice. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Program Report.
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Novick, Rebecca – 1996
The key to developmentally appropriate practices is to let a child construct his or her own knowledge through interactions with the social and physical environment. Because the child is viewed as intrinsically motivated and self-directed, effective teaching capitalizes on the child's motivation to explore, experiment, and to make sense of his or…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Constructivism (Learning)