OKUL ÖNCESİ DÖNEMDE STEM VE STEAM EĞİTİMİNE YÖNELİK ÇALIŞMALARIN İNCELENMESİ

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 18 Sayı: 2, 757 - 776, 01.05.2017

Aysun Ata Aktürk , Hasibe Özlen Demircan

Öz

Bu çalışma, ulusal ve uluslararası alan yazında yer alan, okul öncesi eğitimde STEM ve sanatın STEM disiplinleri ile bütünleştirilmesine dayanan STEAM eğitimi uygulamalarına odaklanmayı hedeflemektedir. Bu amaçla, altı farklı veri tabanı çeşitli anahtar kelimeler kullanılarak taranmış ve son 10 yılda yayınlanmış olan 22 akademik çalışmaya ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmalar yöntemleri, yayınlandıkları yıl, katılımcıları ve temel bulguları açısından ele alınmıştır. Bu çalışmada gerçekleştirilen detaylı alan yazın taraması, STEM ve özellikle de sanat ile bütünleştirilmiş STEM eğitiminin ulusal ve uluslararası alan yazında az sayıda çalışma tarafından ele alınan iki yeni araştırma alanı olduğuna işaret etmektedir. Diğer yandan, son on yıla ait bu sınırlı alan yazın bütünleştirilmiş fen, teknoloji, mühendislik, matematik ve sanat etkinliklerinin okul öncesi dönem çocuklarının bu disiplinlere yönelik öğrenmeleri üzerindeki katkısını desteklemektedir. Çalışmanın tartışma kısmında, alan yazında yer alan çalışma bulguları göz önünde bulundurularak, Türkiye’deki okul öncesi eğitime yönelik bazı öneriler sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

STEM, STEAM, okul öncesi eğitimi, içerik analizi

A Review of Studies on STEM and STEAM Education in Early Childhood

Öz

This paper aims to focus on national and international studies regarding STEM education and visual arts integrated STEM education in early childhood. After a detailed search by using six different databases, 22 scientific research published between the years of 2006 and 2016 were accessed. Accessed studies were handled in terms of their methods, year of publication, participants, and main findings. The literature review in the current study signifies that STEM education and especially the integration of arts into STEM acronym STEAM in early childhood classrooms are two new research fields for both national and international literature. On the other hand, the limited literature indicates that integration of these disciplines contributes preschoolers’ learning in STEAM fields. In the discussion and implementations part, by considering reviewed literature, some implications are presented for early childhood education in Turkey

Anahtar Kelimeler

STEM, STEAM, early childhood education, content analysis

Kaynakça

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