Instructional Strategies for STEM in Early Childhood

Using emergent curriculum as the approach to curriculum development, this course introduces students to what STEM learning in early childhood classrooms looks like. The basic learning goals of early childhood STEM education are 1) knowledge and understanding )skills )dispositions, and )feelings. In-depth investigations of phenomena lead children to achieve all four of the above learning goals, this course focuses on pedagogical approaches and strategies that help young children explore, observe, inquire, predict, investigate and integrate their learning through hands-on projects.