Block Parties: Identifying Emergent STEAM Thinking Through Play

ISBN-13: 9780367562557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str.

Daniel Ness

Opis

Block Parties examines young children’s spatial development through the lens of emergent STEAM thinking. This book explores the physical and psychological tools that children use when they engage in constructive free play, and how these tools contribute to and shape the constructions they produce. 

Spis treści

1. Discovering STEAM in the Early Years  2. Play Matters  3. Bricks, Blocks, and Planks: Visuo-Spatial Constructive Play Objects (VCPOs)  4. Simple VCPOs Are Best  5. Young Children Think Like Scientists and Mathematicians  6. Young Children Think Like Architects and Engineers  7. Coding Children’s Constructions: The SPatial ARchitectural Coding (SPARC) System  8. Promoting STEAM Play with VCPOs: What Young Children Can Tell Us 

O autorze

Daniel Ness is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at St. John’s University, USA.