The Geometry of Buildings

Autor/in	Angelone, Lauren
Titel	The Geometry of Buildings
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 57 (2020) 6, S.64-69 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Art Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Early Childhood Education; Learning Modules; Architecture; Buildings; Geometric Concepts; Models; Design; Ohio (Cincinnati) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Early childhood; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Learning module; Lernmodul; Architektur; Building; Gebäude; Elementare Geometrie; Analogiemodell
Abstract	STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been at the center of a national conversation around the necessity to strengthen the STEM workforce starting with STEM education in K-12 schools. "The Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013) incorporate a prominent engineering component in both disciplinary core ideas and practices. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics), an iteration of STEM that incorporates the arts, is becoming more prevalent in early childhood education settings and serves as an aesthetic context that naturally extends engineering and technology experiences (Wynn and Harris 2012). The past decade has seen a significant growth in makerspaces and STEAM labs making their way to elementary schools. Makerspaces and STEAM labs are areas with both physical and technological resources for students to create. These spaces provide environments for teachers to integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics as a way for students to use higher level thinking to make complex meaning in traditionally discrete subjects. Early childhood education majors at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, take a Math/Science methods block during their junior year, alongside an Integrated Art course. The Math/ Science methods block is designed to prepare candidates to teach science and mathematics to children age 3 to grade 3. Likewise, the Integrated Art course is designed to prepare candidates to integrate the arts throughout the curriculum at this age level. These courses provided a unique opportunity to incorporate STEAM education in a meaningful way that aligned with course outcomes and provided opportunities for students to understand and apply best practices in STEAM education. As such, the STEAM module presented in this article, The Geometry of Buildings, was designed to cover kindergarten standards but also to provide preservice early childhood education majors a high-quality experience with STEAM education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01