Blog Mythbuster Series - Engineering is a highly specialized skill and too difficult for young children to comprehend

Authors:

Yvette Mere-Cook

Publication Date:

06/14/2021

In this blog post, Dr. Mere-Cook talks about why young children are capable of engineering, in terms of engineering habits of mind (psychological) and what caregivers and teachers can do to nurture children's engineering thinking. 

 

Mythbuster Series #5: Engineering is a highly specialized skill and too difficult for young children to comprehend

Audience: 

  • Faculty & PD providers
  • Families
  • Practitioners

Developmental stage: 

  • No age range specified

Setting: 

  • Center/Preschool
  • Home

Resource Type: 

  • Blog posts

Topic: 

  • STEM
  • Engineering

Level of Intended Impact: 

  • Awareness
  • Knowledge acquisition

Language: 

  • English
  • Spanish

Developer / Author: 

  • STEMIE

Routines and Everyday Activities: 

  • Playtime (indoors & outdoors)