A LANDMARK WORK OF HIGH-QUALITY LOCALIZED EXPLORATION: RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF HIGH-QUALITY PROJECT RESOURCES FOR KINDERGARTEN STEAM EDUCATION
Keywords:
Kindergarten STEAM education, High-quality, Authentic problem-driven, Project resource developmentAbstract
Research on the Development and Application of High-Quality Project Resources for Kindergarten STEAM Education is an integrated work that systematically explores the localized pathway of early childhood STEAM education. Centering on the core proposition of “high-quality development”, the monograph constructs a tripartite framework of “theoretical construction—resource development—practical exploration”. Its contributions are threefold: first, it takes the lead in constructing a high-quality indicator system for kindergarten STEAM education, transforming “high quality” from policy discourse into an observable reference framework; second, it firmly establishes an “authentic problem-driven” project generation pathway. By layering and deepening three types of authentic problems, project resources grow organically from real-life contexts, fundamentally avoiding the trap of formalization; third, the work emphasizes theoretical guidance, resource support, teacher role transformation, and ecological support guarantees, combining theoretical depth with practical warmth. Thus, it provides a valuable “Chinese solution” for the localized implementation and high-quality development of kindergarten STEAM education.References
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