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

促进科学、技术、工程和数学的发展：将幼儿教育研究、实践和政策联系起来早期幼儿教育是家长、教师、政策制定者和公众最关心的问题。坚实的幼儿基础对终身学习至关重要。多年来，国家科学基金会在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面提供了一些幼儿补助金，从这项工作中产生的知识使研究人员受益。然而，根据国家研究委员会的说法，幼儿教师和管理人员对这些知识知之甚少，因为很少有研究被转化和传播到实践中。此外，STEM和幼儿教育的政策在过去十年中都发生了变化。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教育倡议。具体而言，督学将召集STEM和幼儿教育方面的利益相关者，讨论如何更好地将STEM融入幼儿年级。PIS将从一个阶段的背景研究开始，揭示幼儿教育和STEM教与学中的关键问题。这些文件将作为固定主题，与包括政策制定者以及幼儿研究人员和实践者在内的广泛利益攸关方共同组织一个论坛。将制作一系列报告，包括委托论文、愿景论文和论坛综合报告。这份综合报告将由Joan Ganz Cooney中心和新美国基金会广泛传播。探索研究K-12项目(DRK-12)旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具(RMT)，显著提高K-12年级学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的学习和教学。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努力的基础上，为拟议的项目提供了理论和经验上的证明。

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.