Monday, March 12, 2018

MAKING THE GRADE - Teaching STEM in Preschool?

"Many preschool teachers are scared of teaching STEM.  Here’s a solution that might help" PBS NewsHour 3/6/2018

NOTE:  This unsettled feeling is admission of the teachers' own poor education.  If they had a good grounding in STEM, they would not have a problem.

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Everyone knows that 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds ask a lot of questions.  But that unrestrained curiosity can unsettle preschool teachers who feel they lack sufficient understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (often referred to as STEM).  Hari Sreenivasan reports from Chicago on efforts to boost science learning among some of the youngest students by boosting teacher confidence.

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