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

培养科学、技术、工程和数学的发展轨迹：连接幼儿教育的研究、实践和政策每年儿童教育都是家长、教师、政策制定者和公众最关心的问题。牢固的幼儿基础对终身学习至关重要。多年来，美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域提供了大量的儿童早期资助，这项工作产生的知识使研究人员受益。然而，据美国国家研究委员会称，幼儿教师和管理人员对这一知识知之甚少，因为很少有研究被转化并传播到实践中。此外，在过去十年中，STEM和幼儿教育的政策都发生了变化。琼·甘兹·库尼中心和新美国基金会正在共同努力，突出早期儿童STEM教育计划。具体来说，这些项目将召集STEM和幼儿教育的利益相关者，讨论如何更好地将STEM融入早期年级。pi将从背景研究阶段开始，以揭示幼儿教育和STEM教学中的关键问题。这些论文将被用作锚定主题，以组织一个有广泛利益相关者的论坛，包括政策制定者以及幼儿研究人员和实践者。将编写一些报告，包括委托文件、远景文件和论坛综合报告。这份综合报告将由琼·甘兹·库尼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pre -12学生和教师对科学、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，为拟议的项目提供了理论和实证依据。

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.