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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
Reflecting on "Project Katrina" and Developmentally Appropriate Practices: A Graduate Student's Perspective
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Schellhaas, Andree; Burts, Diane C.; Aghayan, Carol – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This article describes the independent study project of a student who was a graduate assistant in a child development laboratory preschool when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast area. Through her experiences with "Project Katrina" she deepens her understanding of developmentally appropriate practices as she learns firsthand about…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Development, Teaching Methods
Connecting Content, Teaching, and Learning. A Supplement to the Creative Curriculum[R] for Early Childhood, 3rd Edition.
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J.; Heroman, Cate – 2000
The Creative Curriculum for early childhood education is a teaching framework that addresses children's emotional, cognitive, and physical development. This supplement to the Creative Curriculum is designed to enhance teachers' effectiveness in understanding how content is linked to teaching and learning in a developmentally appropriate curriculum…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
The Early Childhood Program: A Place To Learn and Grow. An Early Childhood Video Series.
National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC. – 1996
Noting that early childhood education is recognized as critical to a child's educational career, this 7-part videotape series focuses on developmentally appropriate practices in the components of quality early childhood programs, providing an opportunity for acquiring working knowledge, observing classroom models, and reflecting on one's own…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Teaching and Learning in Preschool: Using Individually Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Literacy Instruction.
Venn, Elizabeth Claire; Jahn, Monica Dacy – 2004
This book presents a preschool framework that integrates literacy activities into content area lessons while embedding instruction within adult-child social interactions and realistic, playful activities tailored to each child's individual needs. Chapter 1 of the book delineates the theory and rationale behind the framework, and outlines essential…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Quality
Multicultural Education in Early Childhood Classrooms. NEA Early Childhood Education Series.
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Vold, Edwina Battle, Ed. – 1992
This monograph is intended to provide a rationale for multicultural education and to serve as a manual for teachers. It includes activities and strategies for teaching preschool and primary-age children from a multicultural perspective. The document is organized into six chapters, four of which include sample lessons. Chapter 1 provides the basis…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development