STEAM : Inclusive & Culturally Sustaining Early Childhood Approaches, Practices, and Learning…

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This course examines the content and methods of teaching STEAM to young children in preschool through grade two from diverse family, linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. The course explores the big ideas in different STEAM content areas and their connections, inquiry processes by which children learn, and effective methods for supporting children’s conceptual understanding and skill development. Because STEAM is a cultural tool for sense-making and problem-solving, the course will also explore the role of societal beliefs, everyday experiences, the affordance of the tools, language development, and communications in promoting positive STEAM learning experiences for all children.