Advantages and Challenges of STEM Education in K-12: Systematic Review and Research Synthesis.

K Sungur Gül, A Saylan Kirmizigül, H Ates… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ERIC
This study presents a systematic review of the literature on STEM education. We
investigated the trends of STEM education, as well as its main advantages and challenges …

Supporting preschool children's STEM learning with parent-involved early engineering education

A Ata-Aktürk, HÖ Demircan - Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021 - Springer
This study examines the development of a STEM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics) and parent-involved engineering design curriculum for early childhood …

Centering teacher and parent voice to realize culturally relevant computational thinking in early childhood

FK Harper, LA Caudle, CE Flowers Jr… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Elsevier
The specific mechanisms by which teachers and parents can provide culturally relevant
opportunities for computational thinking for racially/ethnically and linguistically diverse …

Examination of STEM parent awareness in the transition from preschool to primary school

Z Mercan, S Papadakis, Aİ Can Gözüm… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study, which aims to examine STEM parent awareness in the transition from preschool
to primary school, used a survey model, one of the quantitative research designs. The study …

Engineers and engineering through the eyes of preschoolers: a phenomenographic study of children's drawings

A Ata-Aktürk, HÖ Demircan - European Early Childhood Education …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to explore how preschoolers perceive engineers and engineering by using
their drawings. For this aim, phenomenography was used as a research approach. The data …

Development of a STEM based engineering design curriculum for parental involvement in early childhood education

A Ata Aktürk - 2019 - open.metu.edu.tr
The purpose of the current study was to design and develop a STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Mathematics) based engineering design curriculum that addresses to …

Supporting parents in facilitating computational thinking for young children through loose parts construction play

CAM Lim, G Kaveri, J Li… - Future in Educational …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Computational thinking (CT) as an essential problem‐solving and thinking skill for all
students has been the focus of much interest from education systems all over the world …

“My Child Might Be Thinking About Something Beneficial to Humanity”: Enhancing Parental Perspectives on Engineering Education in Early Childhood

A Ata-Aktürk, HÖ Demircan - Journal of Research in Childhood …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This qualitative case study explores how parental involvement (PI) in early engineering
education (EEE) of 5-to 6-year-old children provided through a school-based program …

Engineering design into science classrooms

PS Lottero-Perdue - Teaching science to every child, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The engineering design process (EDP) is a key set of practices that engineers use to design
technology and distinguishes engineering from science. These practices include defining a …

An analysis of picture books for children aged 3 to 6 years: Portrayals of engineers and the engineering design process

A Ata-Aktürk, HÖ Demircan - International Journal of Early Childhood, 2021 - Springer
The potential of children's picture books to provide knowledge to support STEM education is
high. Engineering is a field about which children may have little awareness or …