Show Notes
Engaging children in science and engineering long before high school is important. It needs to start at much younger ages. But how can educators make that happen? And how can CLASS help?
Today, you’ll hear from Dr. Daryl Greenfield, a professor of Psychology and Pediatrics at the University of Miami, and Veronica Fernandez, Teachstone Senior Director of Social Impact. They’ll discuss their research into science and engineering at the preschool and elementary ages, how CLASS supports science learning, and how to make science more accessible to ECE teachers so they can better engage students.
This episode was previously shared as the director's cut. Today, enjoy the full, extended edition of this conversation!
Topics Discussed in This Episode
7:58 Gaps in the research about science education and what their report found
10:25 How research relates to CLASS
12:30 Understanding how we got here
15:12 Science needs to be an active process
16:20 What makes up science
19:17 The presence of Instructional Support
20:00 Making science accessible for ECE educators
24:00 Goal-directed learning
29:15 How infants observe the world
33:10 What researchers observed
34:20 Veronica’s experience of helping educators make teaching science easier
36:10 Engaging with children's questions about science and the world
38:00 Parallel process and educator curiosity
40:00 Making it clear that science is part of family routines
43:00 Why the research paper was published and how it relates to equity and justice
48:42 There is more than one way to do science
50:12 The importance of meeting both children and educators where they are with science
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