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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECCDD203A Science Technology Engineering and Mathematical Education

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

Engaging young engineers : teaching problem-solving skills through STEM (2024) - eBook and book by Angela Stone-MacDonald; Kristen Wendell; Anne Douglass; Mary Lu Love; Amanda Wiehe Lopes
Stem in early childhood education (2020) - eBook and book by Lynn E. Cohen; Sandra Waite-Stupiansky

The books below are used in the weekly readings:

Readings

Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board. (2017, August 24). Education for sustainability: Banksia Park Kindergarten [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0sFv6E4WZc
Ashbrook, P. (2015). The earth-sun system.
Science and Children, 53(4), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.2505/4/sc15_053_04_22
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (n.d.). STEM. Australian Curriculum.
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/stem/
Australian Government Department of Education. (2022). Belonging, being & becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (V2.0). Australian Government Department of Education for the Ministerial Council.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdf
Bagiati, A. & Evangelou, D. (2015). Engineering curriculum in the preschool classroom: The teacher's experience.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 23(1), 112-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2014.991099
Bright Horizons. (2017, May 30). Engineering in early education [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/pd5XaZR5X5I
Bundaberg Now. (2021, June 29). Forestview Kindergarten bush tucker garden [Video]. YouTube.
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z-GSIkm_JA
Caiman, C., & Lundegård, I. (2014). Pre-school children’s agency in learning for sustainable development.
Environmental Education Research, 20(4), 437-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2013.812722
Campbell, C., & Speldewinde, C. (2018). STEM in early childhood: Why does it matter?
Every Child, 24(2), 14-15.
Christensen, M., McFadden, A., & Miller, M. (2018). STEM practice in early childhood settings. Every Child, 24(2), 28-29.
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120182/7/120182.pdf
Clark, A. (2019). Sort it out: Data and statistics in the early years. Prime Number, 34(2), 20-22.
https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.331728492126321
Cohrssen, C., de Quadros-Wander, N., Page, J., & Klarin, S. (2017). Between the big trees: A project-based approach to investigating shape and spatial thinking in a kindergarten program. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42(1), 94-104.
https://doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.42.1.11
Colliver, Y. (2018). Fostering young children's interest in numeracy through demonstration of its value: The Footsteps Study. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 30(4), 407-428.
http://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-017-0216-4
Crash Course Kids. (2015, July 17). Chemical changes: Crash Course Kids #19.2 [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/37pir0ej_SE?si=b-KRhGuAcxQDqAcK
Crash Course Kids. (2015, May 27). What's an engineer? Crash Course Kids #12.1 [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/owHF9iLyxic
Crash Course Kids. (2015, May 30). The engineering process: Crash Course Kids #12.2 [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/fxJWin195kU

DavidLeeEdTech. (2019, January 31). Project-based learning in pre-kindergarten [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHrSbIi6V2A
Department of Conservation. (2019, October 3).The benefits of teaching and learning in nature [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABOje-6SIik
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2018). Developmental milestones and the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standards.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018-02/DevelopmentalMilestonesEYLFandNQS.pdf
Dr Diana Wehrell-Grabowski (2013, February 13). Exploring STEM concepts in the early childhood classroom [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/HglYz0h2n2E
Early Childhood Management Services. (2018, November 9). Why is it important for children to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture? [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxLXXl7zKqY
Education and Training. (2022, July 11). Mathematics teaching resources. Victorian Government
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/maths/Pages/mathematics-teaching-resources.aspx
Edutopia. (2019, May 11). Exploring STEM through play [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLEl4QjQ3w
Edutopia. (2021, March 31). How PBL taps into the science of learning and development [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMd95wQ75k0
Edwards, S., Straker, L., & Oakey, H. (2018). Statement on young children and digital technologies. Early Childhood Australia.
https://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/our-work/submissions-statements/eca-statement-young-children-digital-technologies/
Elliott, S., & Young, T. (2016). Nature by default in early childhood education for sustainability.
Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 32(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2015.44
EVOLVE Indigenous Cultural Awareness. (2021, July 20). Connection to Country - Why is it important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqnXuzny--o
Fairfax Futures. (2017, October 18). STEM in early learning: Engineering with The Three Little Pigs [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/XVjaBB0ux5g
Ferguson, S. (2017). Make me a pattern. Prime Number, 32(2), 17-19.
https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.762645957358061
Fragkiadaki, G., & Ravanis, K. (2015). Pre-school children's mental representations of clouds. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 14(2), 267-274.
https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/15.14.267
Free Animated Education. (2017, November 20). What is biology? [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/6v8djXa-IPQ?si=W4ytbJRQDeNhqOmI
George, M. (2020, April 3). Physical science for early childhood [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/g5DrHzgNK0Q?si=4lUSgSgiAcNwuIWo
GIGIL | STEM Activities for Kids. (2022, August 31). What is chemistry? | Science for kids | Chemistry for kids | STEM for kids [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/rTC7w6bKh_4?si=E0fr6G6HYUoOndoJ

Hackling, M., Byrne, M., Gower, G., & Anderson, K. (2015). A pedagogical model for engaging Aboriginal children with science learning.
Teaching Science: The Journal of The Australian Science Teachers Association, 61(1), 27-39.
Highfield, K. (2019, August 23). Tips for parents of young children using digital technology. The Spoke.
http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/tips-parents-young-children-using-digital-technology/
Hoisington, C., Chalufour, I., Winokur, J., & Clark-Chiarelli, N. (2014). Promoting children's science inquiry and learning through water investigations.
Teaching Young Children, 8(1), 72-79.
Idaho STEM Action Center. (2019, July 12). Integrating technology into a preschool classroom [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoCfBA9Xpc
Idaho STEM Action Center. (2019, July 12). STEM as an approach to early childhood learning [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r4DfID6H24
Kamii, C. (2014). The importance of thinking: Direct versus indirect teaching of number concepts for ages 4 to 6. YC: Young Children, 69(5), 72-77.
Kettle, B., & Ross, E. (2018). Strategies for engaging curious young minds in mathematics. Educating Young Children: Learning & Teaching in the Early Childhood Years, 24(1), 33-34.
Laranjeiro, D. (2021). Development of game-based M-learning apps for preschoolers.
Education Sciences, 11(5), 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050229
Learn Bright (2019, May, 26). Simple machines for kids : Learn all about the 6 simple machines! [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/LSfNYpCprw4?si=awTom4HxaS0rMefO
Levy, S. (2013). Young children's learning of water physics by constructing working systems.
International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 23(3), 537-566. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-012-9202-z
Little Scientists Australia
Livy, S., Bobis, J., Downton, A., Hughes, S., McCormick, M., Russo, J., & Sullivan, P. (2019). Exploring spatial reasoning in the early years: Effective pedagogical approaches. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 24(2), 26-32.
Lottero-Perdue, P., Bowditch, M., Kagan, M., Robinson-Cheek, L., Webb, T., Meller, M. & Nosek, T. (2016). An engineering design process for early childhood: Trying (again) to engineer an egg package.
Science and Children, 54(3), 70-77. http://doi.org/10.2505/4/sc16_054_03_70
Lowrie, T. & Larkin, K. (2020) Experience, represent, apply (ERA): A heuristic for digital engagement in the early years. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(1), 131-147.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12789

North American Association for Environmental Education. (2019, April 19). Benefits of nature-based early childhood education [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egr5O_BvG-Y
nzmaths. (n.d.). Supporting rich mathematical interactions in ECE. New Zealand Ministry of Education.
https://nzmaths.co.nz/supporting-rich-mathematical-interactions-ece
Ogu, U., & Schmidt, S. R. (2009). Investigating rocks and sand: Addressing multiple learning styles through an inquiry-based approach.
YC: Young Children, 64(2), 12-18.
Queensland Department of Education. (2021, July 22). Ground oven : states of matter [Video]. YouTube.
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhdoC_2r-IU
Raven, S. (2016). Elementary anatomy.
Science & Children, 53(9), 52-57. http://doi.org/10.2505/4/sc16_053_09_52
Reid, K. (2016). Counting on it: Early numeracy development and the preschool child. Changing minds: Discussions in neuroscience, psychology and education, (2). Australian Council for Educational Research.
https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=learning_processes
Roseno, A., Geist, E., Carraway-Stage, V., & Dufrin, M. W. (2015). Exploring sunflower seeds.
YC: Young Children, 70(3), 88-91. https://research.ebsco.com/c/ft5i7v/search/details/bsytg4jmtb
Sammartano, M. (2018, August 21). What is earth science? [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck_e4CRM82Y
Simoncini, K., & Lasen, M. (2018). Ideas about STEM among Australian early childhood professionals: How important is STEM in early childhood education? International Journal of Early Childhood, 50(3) 353-369.
http://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-018-0229-5
Sneideman, J. M. (2013). Engaging children in STEM education early!
http://naturalstart.org/feature-stories/engaging-children-stem-education-early
StartingBlocks.gov.au. (n.d.). What is inquiry-based STEM education and why is it important?
https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/other-resources/factsheets/what-is-inquiry-based-stem-education-and-why-is-it-important
Stoll, J., Hamilton, A., Oxley, E., Eastman, A. M., & Brent, R. (2012). Young thinkers in motion.
YC: Young Children, 67(2), 20-26. https://research.ebsco.com/c/ft5i7v/search/details/cine5autwr
Stoneridgeschool. (2018, April 13). The Project Approach [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEZnV73yzUs
Taylor, P. C. (2016, August 9). Why is a STEAM curriculum perspective crucial to the 21st century? [Paper presentation]. Research Conference 2016 - Improving STEM Learning: What will it take?
https://research.acer.edu.au/research_conference/RC2016/9august/6/
Trautner, T. (2019, January 2). Learning to measure with infants and toddlers is important for future math learning. MSU Extension Early Childhood Development.
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/learning-to-measure-with-infants-and-toddlers-is-important-for-future-math-learning