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Direct linkDale Tunnicliffe, Sue; Gkouskou, Eirini – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Children are born to play and are born as intuitive scientists and use numeracy and literacy in their play. Playing is an essential apprenticeship for developing scientific (STEM) literacy. Observing children spontaneously playing reveals that they are experiencing STEM in action. They are observing phenomena, asking questions, solving problems,…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, STEM Education
Moller, Tracy; Beech, Nicola – Primary Science, 2019
Changes to the National Curriculum in England in 2014 placed a stronger emphasis on children working scientifically while developing a range of science enquiry skills. As science subject leaders, the authors noticed that colleagues in their schools were only confident when teaching enquiry as a fair test, which the authors now know is not always…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, National Curriculum, Inquiry
Download full textOuthwaite, Deborah Emily; Banham, Jane; Cummings, Anna – Education Sciences, 2022
This paper charts the recent history of the STEM Learning UK contracts with local Science Learning Partnerships (SLPs) and identifies what leadership has been made available to support the Early Years and Primary school sector. A case study approach is taken using 'Super SLP' hubs in England. Curriculum Hubs exist in core subject areas such as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, Leadership Training, STEM Education
Russell, Terry; McGuigan, Linda – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Our concern is to offer support to the entire spectrum of staff wishing to nurture the development of early years science, from unqualified personnel through to early years professionals who may hold any one of the plethora of relevant qualifications. We reflect on what form that science might take, bearing in mind criticisms of science education…
Descriptors: Child Development, Profiles, Epistemology, Advocacy
Roach, Joanne – Primary Science, 2010
For practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in English schools (ages 3-5), the ethos of learning by "investigating and doing" is a major component of the pleasure of teaching very young children. The "Knowledge and understanding of the world" area of the EYFS (where scientific learning is mainly anchored)…
Descriptors: Gardening, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Preschool Education
Harris, Diane; Williams, Julian – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
We investigate differences in the teacher-learner interactions in Reception, Year 2 and Year 4 science and literacy classrooms through three measures: (i) the proportion of open questions asked by the teacher, (ii) the rate of successful responses, and (iii) wait-times. A regression analysis of data from 20 schools and 102 lessons suggests that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
