Analysis of STEM methodology in the early childhood education classroom. A systematic review

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https://doi.org/10.25267/Hachetetepe.2023.i26.1101

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No. 26 (2023)
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1101
Published: 06-03-2023
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We live in a society where technology is increasingly necessary, and for this reason it is important to create methodologies that improve current education to adapt it to these demands. The STEM methodology is a great example of this because it is committed to the joint teaching of science, mathematics and technology, supported by engineering. Therefore, a systematic review is carried out following the PRISMA statement, with respect to the multidisciplinary databases WOS and Scopus with the intention of responding to the objectives set out in terms of publications in the last five years, ages of application, countries, subjects of interest and benefits obtained from the implementation of this methodology in the pupils of Early Childhood Education. Once we have analysed the results, we can see that, although it is an incipient teaching, it has a great projection. We then discuss the subject and conclude with the visibility of the STEM methodology through this review of recent years.

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This work has been financed with public funds by the Vicerrectorado de Igualdad, Inclusión y Sostenibilidad of the University of Granada (Spain), in competitive concurrence in the call of Ayudas para el Apoyo y Fomento a la Investigación en Materia de Igualdad, Inclusión y Sostenibilidad Social 2021 (Reference: INV-IGU157-2021).

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Bailón Aneas, A., Martínez Domingo, J. A., Berral Ortiz, B., & Ramos Navas-Parejo, M. (2023). Analysis of STEM methodology in the early childhood education classroom. A systematic review. Hachetetepé. Scientific Journal of Education and Communication, (26), 1101. https://doi.org/10.25267/Hachetetepe.2023.i26.1101

Author Biographies

Andrea Bailón Aneas, Universidad de Granada

Graduated in Early Childhood Education at the University of Granada.

José Antonio Martínez Domingo, University of Granada

Predoctoral contract holder at the University of Granada by the Junta de Andalucía. Predoctoral Research Staff in Training attached to the Department of Didactics and School Organisation of the University of Granada. Graduate in Primary Education with mention in Physical Education from the University of Granada. Master's Degree in Research and Innovation in Curriculum and Training from the University of Granada. PhD student in Educational Sciences at the University of Granada. Member of the research group Research, Innovation & Technology in Education (RITE, SEJ-607). He has presented a variety of papers at conferences, seminars, book chapters and articles on digital competence, new methodologies and technological resources.

Blanca Berral Ortiz, University of Granada

Pre-doctoral contract holder at the University of Granada by the Junta de Andalucía. She belongs to the field of knowledge of Didactics and School Organisation and carries out her teaching and research work in the Faculty of Education Sciences in Granada. She is a member of the research group Laboratorio de Innovación en Educación (LabinED) (SEJ-655) of the Conserjería de Educación y Ciencias de la Junta de Andalucía, which also belongs to the Department of Didactics and School Organization of the University of Granada. He has presented a variety of papers at conferences, seminars, book chapters and articles on technological resources, new methodologies and promotion of reading, mainly.

Magdalena Ramos Navas-Parejo, University of Granada

Diploma in Optics and Optometry from the University of Granada. Graduate in Primary Education from the University of Granada. She holds a Master's Degree in Research and Innovation in Curriculum and Training from the University of Granada and the IV University Master's Degree in Educational Innovation and Knowledge Management from the University of Malaga. She has been a beneficiary of a grant from the University Teacher Training Programme in the Department of Didactics and School Organisation of the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Granada. She is currently a member of the LEADER Research Group (SEJ-604) and has an interim substitute contract at the Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences in Melilla. She holds a PhD in Education Sciences and carries out her research work within the line of inclusion, methodological innovation and the use of ICT in the educational context.

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