Early Childhood Teachers’ Dynamic Decision-Making in Early STEM Classrooms

• In Event: CS and STEM Teacher Learning

Short Description

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has been recognized as critical in children’s early development. Dynamic decision-making is a natural cognitive process of teachers. Due to the intense content-based STEM learning and high-level dynamicity in early childhood classrooms, early childhood teachers’ dynamic decisions may influence young children’s STEM learning experiences. This qualitative study explored in-service early childhood STEM teachers’ dynamic decision-making in early STEM classrooms. We found multiple factors that may influence teachers’ dynamic decision-making in early STEM classrooms.

Authors

• Presenter: Meimei Xu, University of Georgia

• Presenter: Jill Stefaniak, University of Georgia