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: Received: 29 March 2024 / Approved: 2 April 2024 / Online: 5 April 2024 (03:26:52 CEST)
How to cite:
Trina, N.A.; Monsur, M.; Cosco, N.; Shine, S.; Loon, L.; Mastergeorge, A. The Impact of Nature-Based Outdoor Learning Landscape on STEAM Concept Formation of Preschoolers: A Scoping Review. Preprints2024, 2024040275. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0275.v1
Trina, N.A.; Monsur, M.; Cosco, N.; Shine, S.; Loon, L.; Mastergeorge, A. The Impact of Nature-Based Outdoor Learning Landscape on STEAM Concept Formation of Preschoolers: A Scoping Review. Preprints 2024, 2024040275. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0275.v1
Trina, N.A.; Monsur, M.; Cosco, N.; Shine, S.; Loon, L.; Mastergeorge, A. The Impact of Nature-Based Outdoor Learning Landscape on STEAM Concept Formation of Preschoolers: A Scoping Review. Preprints2024, 2024040275. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0275.v1
APA Style
Trina, N.A., Monsur, M., Cosco, N., Shine, S., Loon, L., & Mastergeorge, A. (2024). The Impact of Nature-Based Outdoor Learning Landscape on STEAM Concept Formation of Preschoolers: A Scoping Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0275.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Trina, N.A., Leehu Loon and Ann Mastergeorge. 2024 "The Impact of Nature-Based Outdoor Learning Landscape on STEAM Concept Formation of Preschoolers: A Scoping Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0275.v1
Abstract
Children are inherently curious about everything they encounter, making the early years a perfect time for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) investigations. An outdoor learning environment can influence STEAM concept formation of preschoolers with intentional design that offer STEAM learning affordances. Despite the rising interest in early STEAM education, there is still limited literature on how the outdoor environment may influence STEAM learning behaviors of preschoolers (3-5 years old). This scoping review intends to evaluate the existing knowledge regarding the physical factors that contribute to STEAM learning affordances in an outdoor environment for children aged 3 to 5. The review included studies from the last twenty years. This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the criteria outlined in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). For this scoping review, 843 citations were discovered across four databases (JSTOR, Scopus, EBSCOhost, and Web of Science), ProQuest, and Google Scholar, and 31 articles were considered eligible for inclusion. Through the synthesis of information from those 31 studies, a list of STEAM learning behaviors of children and STEAM activity-supportive settings were identified that may positively influence preschoolers' STEAM concept development.
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