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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECCDD302A Science, Technology and Engineering

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

Engaging young engineers : teaching problem-solving skills through STEM (2015) - eBook and book by Angela K. Stone-MacDonald; Kristen B. Wendell; Anne Douglass; Mary Lu Love
Investigating mathematics, science and technology in early childhood (2015) - eBook and book by Amy MacDonald; John Rafferty
Science in early childhood (2023) - Book by Coral Campbell ; Christine Howitt

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
Andersson, K., & Gullberg, A. (2014). What is science in preschool and what do teachers have to know to empower children?
Cultural Studies of Science Education, 9(2), 275-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-012-9439-6
Aðalþing. (2015, June 5). Science education in early childhood [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/v3CChZwrLhc
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
Bensing, T. (2016, August 1). TPACK in 2 minutes [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/kqTx-G-zTW8
Bradbury, L. U. (2014). Linking science and language arts: A review of the literature which compares integrated versus non-integrated approaches.
Journal of Science Teacher Education, 25(4), 465-488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-013-9368-6
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. 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
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

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
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.
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Digital-policy-statement.pdf
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
Fleer, M. (2009). Understanding the dialectical relations between everyday concepts and scientific concepts within play-based programs.
Research in Science Education, 39(2), 281-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-008-9085-x
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
Gerde, H., Schachter, R., & Wasik, B. (2013). Using the scientific method to guide learning: An integrated approach to early childhood curriculum.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 41(5), 315-323. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-013-0579-4
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.
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.
Hom, E. J. (2014). What is STEM education? Live Science.
https://www.livescience.com/43296-what-is-stem-education.html
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

Laranjeiro, D. (2021). Development of game-based M-learning apps for preschoolers.
Education Sciences, 11(5), 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050229
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
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
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
O'Brien, F., & Herbert, S. (2015). Colour, magnets and photosynthesis.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(1), 42-46. http://doi.org/10.1177/183693911504000106
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. 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
Robbins, J. (2005). 'Brown paper packages'? A sociocultural perspective on young children's ideas in science.
Research in Science Education, 35(2-3), 151-172. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-005-0092-x
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
Rupp, R. (2009). What's the big idea? Science and math at the library for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
Children and Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Science to Children, 7(3), 27-31.
Sammartano, M. (2018, August 21). What is earth science? [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck_e4CRM82Y
Saçkes, M. (2014). How often do early childhood teachers teach science concepts? Determinants of the frequency of science teaching in kindergarten.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 22(2), 169-184. http://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2012.704305
Science World. (2016, October 5). Discrepant events: The comeback can [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-KSbdMRtk8
Sikder, S., & Fleer, M. (2015). Small science: Infants and toddlers experiencing science in everyday family life.
Research in Science Education, 45(3), 445-464. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-014-9431-0
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
TED. (2009, May 6). Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/6Vy0ncmUvUw
TED. (2015, November 19). How I teach kids to love science: Cesar Harada [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/jAemh_JxgOk?si=6YUePbHJ418u4vbu
Wang, F., Kinzie, M., McGuire, P., & Pan, E. (2010). Applying technology to inquiry-based learning in early childhood education.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(5), 381-389. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-009-0364-6
Dr Diana Wehrell-Grabowski (2013, February 13). Exploring STEM concepts in the early childhood classroom [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/HglYz0h2n2E
Wehrell-Grabowski, D. (2017, December 9). STEM learning experiences in early childhood [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4cAknvY9Y