Conceptualizing Early Childhood STEM Interest Development as a Distributed System: A Preliminary Framework.

摘要

Head Start on Engineering (HSE) is a collaborative, NSF-funded research and practice project designed to develop and refine a theoretical model of early childhood, engineering-related interest development. The project focuses on Head Start families with four-year-old children from low-income communities and is being carried out collaboratively by researchers, science center educators, and a regional Head Start program. The ultimate goal of the HSE initiative is to advance the field’s understanding of and capacity to support interest development related to STEM broadly, especially for low-income families and those from traditionally underserved communities.