Children's creative inquiry in STEM / Karen Janette Murcia, Coral Campbell, Mathilda Marie Joubert, Sinead Wilson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murcia, Karen, editor.

Campbell, Coral, editor.

Joubert, Mathilda Marie, editor.

Wilson, Sinéad, editor.

Series:

Sociocultural explorations of science education ; volume 25.

Sociocultural explorations of science education ; volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Science.

Technology--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Technology.

Engineering--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Engineering.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Mathematics.

Creative thinking in children.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This edited volume brings together international research that explores children's creativity in STEM inquiry. It takes the position that creativity is relevant in all aspects of life and is essential for adaptable and innovative thinking. The research informed content of the book, highlights both challenges and opportunities for growing children's creativity. The book focuses on fostering children's creativity and natural curiosity in the world around them through STEM inquiry. Through STEM inquiry, children are learning through a cross- disciplinary approach where they apply concepts from multiple fields as they are thinking creatively, problem solving and constructing solutions. Educators play a critical role in encouraging children's creativity by modelling creativity, providing creative projects for children and importantly, establishing rich culturally connected environments where children have the resources, conditions and opportunities for acting and thinking creatively. The book provides a lens for looking at children's creativity in a range of different cultural settings. It offers insight and guidance to future research and will build educators' capacity for developing children's creative practices.

Contents:

Introduction: Creativity and the creative product

Part I: Creative Dispositions and Processes-Defining creativity, synergies between inquiry and creative approaches to STEM learning and teaching

Chapter 1. Children's Creativity: A systematic Literature Review

Chapter 2. Teachers' reflections on their changing roles and young children's learning in creative, inquiry based STEM education

Chapter 3. Growing children's questioning skills for creative inquiry in STEM

Chapter 4. Creative learning contexts and fostering children's motivation to learn science

Chapter 5. Child-focussed science inquiry: Can the right balance be found between curiosity, curriculum objectives and assessment requirements?

Chapter 6. Working with STEM inquiry: Activities to encourage divergent thinking

Part II: Characteristics of Creative STEM Learning Environments

Chapter 7. STEM in Preschool: Working with educators to support child-initiated learning experiences

Chapter 8. Using preschool children's natural curiosity as a leaver to STEM learning

Chapter 9. Characteristics of learning environments and teachers' supports for children's creative STEM inquiry in Japan

Chapter 10. Bush Kinders in Australia: A creative place for outdoor STEM learning

Part III: Creative Approaches to Teaching STEM

Chapter 11. Exploring STEM: Engineering design and young children's creativity

Chapter 12. Dramatising inquiry learning: Reflections on how to use a historical story to actively and imaginatively engage children in resolving a STEM problem

Chapter 13. Leonardo da Vinci's Apprentices or tinkering belles and boys at play

Chapter 14. Introducing the nature of science in early childhood science education: A way to inspire children's curiosity, inquiry and play

Part IV: Digital Creativity in Children's STEM Learning - Looking forward in the digital era

Chapter 15. Integrating tangible technologies with young children's STREAM projects

Chapter 16. The creative in computational thinking

Chapter 17. Young children's playful engagement and learning with a fairy-tale themed augmented reality coding app

Chapter 18. Preparing Greek pre-service kindergarten teachers to promote creativity: Opportunities using Scratch and Makey -Makey.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 14, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783030947248

3030947246

OCLC:

1309863754

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.