Fostering STEM Trajectories: Bridging Early Childhood Education Research, Practice, and Policy

促进科学，技术，工程和数学轨迹：桥接幼儿教育研究，实践和政策幼儿教育是在家长，教师，决策者以及公众的头脑的最前沿。一个坚实的幼儿基础对于终身学习至关重要。 多年来，美国国家科学基金会在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）方面提供了许多幼儿赠款，这项工作产生的知识使研究人员受益。 然而，据国家研究理事会说，幼儿教师和管理人员对这一知识的认识很少，因为很少有研究成果被转化和传播到实践中。 此外，在过去十年中，STEM和幼儿教育政策都发生了变化。Joan Ganz Cooney中心和新美国基金会正在共同努力，突出儿童早期STEM教育计划。具体而言，PI将召集STEM和幼儿教育的利益相关者，讨论如何更好地将STEM融入低年级。PI将从背景研究阶段开始开始，以揭示幼儿教育和STEM教学中的关键问题。这些文件将作为锚议题，组织一个有广泛利益攸关方参加的论坛，其中包括决策者以及幼儿研究人员和从业人员。 将编写一些报告，包括委托编写的文件、愿景文件和论坛综合报告。该综合报告将由琼甘兹库尼中心和新美国基金会广泛传播。发现研究K-12计划（DRK-12）旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具（RMT），显着提高学前学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议项目提供了理论和经验依据。

Fostering Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Trajectories: Bridging Early Childhood Education Research, Practice, and PolicyEarly childhood education is at the forefront of the minds of parents, teachers, policymakers as well as the general public. A strong early childhood foundation is critical for lifelong learning. The National Science Foundation has made a number of early childhood grants in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) over the years and the knowledge generated from this work has benefitted researchers. Early childhood teachers and administrators, however, have little awareness of this knowledge since there is little research that is translated and disseminated into practice, according to the National Research Council. In addition, policies for both STEM and early childhood education has shifted in the last decade. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the New America Foundation are working together to highlight early childhood STEM education initiatives. Specifically, the PIs will convene stakeholders in STEM and early childhood education to discuss better integration of STEM in the early grades. PIs will begin with a phase of background research to surface critical issues in teaching and learning in early childhood education and STEM. The papers will be used as anchor topics to organize a forum with a broad range of stakeholders including policymakers as well as early childhood researchers and practitioners. A number of reports will be produced including commissioned papers, vision papers, and a forum synthesis report. The synthesis report will be widely disseminated by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the New America Foundation.The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed project.