Practicing Engineering While Building with Blocks: Identifying Engineering Thinking

Autor/inn/en	Bagiati, Aikaterini; Evangelou, Demetra
Titel	Practicing Engineering While Building with Blocks: Identifying Engineering Thinking
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 24 (2016) 1, S.67-85 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2015.1120521
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Play; Toys; Construction (Process); Engineering; Skill Development; Goal Orientation; Problem Solving; Design; Repetition; Innovation; Early Childhood Education; Learning Activities; Observation; Video Technology; Field Studies; Cooperative Learning; STEM Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Spiel; Toy; Spielzeug; Aufbau; Konstruktion; Maschinenbau; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Problemlösen; Wiederholung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lernaktivität; Beobachtung; Praxisforschung; Kooperatives Lernen; STEM
Abstract	Children's free play naturally enhances skills of observation, communication, experimentation, as well as development of rationale and construction skills. These domains, while synthesised, can lead to the development of certain process models regarding the way constructions could be designed, built and improved. The Design Process model constitutes a core concept of engineering. Blocks seem to be one of the best tools to use in order to work towards the development of such a model. This is a qualitative observational study in preschoolers' free playing with blocks. Eighteen children aged three- to five-years-old were observed and videotaped for four months to examine whether young children can demonstrate instances of precursors to engineering behaviour while building, by demonstrating similarities to the Design Process. Analysis of the video data showed that children demonstrated and articulated goal-oriented design, problem-solving thinking, innovation stemming out of synthesis of multiple designs, pattern repetition (PR) and design testing (DT). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01