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STEM inquiry: Co-constructed environments for curious minds

$54.00Member: $48.60

STEM inquiry can be vital to the development of life skills, understanding what STEM looks like in the early years is essential to support this. For all early childhood professionals, this course will discuss common notions of STEM, explore everyday learning opportunities and the educator’s role in supporting STEM inquiry through co-constructed learning.

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Learning Outcomes

  • Explore STEM in an early years context.
  • What inquiry-based and co-constructed learning is.
  • Why inquiry practices are important for children’s future.
  • Understand the educator’s role in STEM inquiry.
  • How STEM inquiry links to the Early Years Learning Framework.

Best Suited For

Early childhood education and care professionals at all stages of their careers.

Little Scientists Australia

Little Scientists provides professional development workshops in STEM topics to early childhood educators and teachers, aiming to promote their confidence in recognising STEM learning opportunities and implementing playful, inquiry-based experiences in children’s daily lives.

The workshops include topics such as acoustics, water, computer science, and the human body, where educational concepts such as co-construction, language development, peer group learning and metacognition are explored.

Little Scientists Australia is a not-for-profit initiative of FROEBEL Australia Limited. The program is an adaptation of the progressive educational approach of the German not-for-profit Haus der kleinen Forscher Foundation.

Additional information

Duration

2 hours
National Quality Standard

Quality Area 1: Educational program and practice, Quality Area 5: Relationships with children
Australia Professional Standards for Teachers

Standard 1: Know students and how they learn, Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

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