ISLS 2026
ICLS Poster

#1031: Designing STEAM Learning PD for Early Childhood Contexts

Thu Jun 18, 4:15 PM–5:45 PM · Outdoors

STEAM is a popular approach to engaging students in learning through the integration of the arts. There are benefits to introducing STEM in ECE but also challenges finding appropriate professional development to support ECE teachers. This poster aims to address that challenge by taking a DBR approach to designing a workshop to support teacher understanding of STEAM. Findings describe the workshop design and teacher descriptions of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary STEAM learning with implications for designing STEAM PD for ECE programs.

Speakers

  • Lora Cawelti — University of Southern California
  • Elin Anderson — AIMS Center for Math and Science Education

Authors

Lora Cawelti, Alejandra Alvarez, Elin Anderson, Paul Reimer