The early childhood STEAM network: an established community of practice
O’Neill, SandraORCID: 0000-0002-4271-8163, Gillic, CóraORCID: 0000-0003-2976-1893 and O’Reilly, Nicola
(2024)
The early childhood STEAM network: an established community of practice.
Education Matters, Ireland, pp. 65-69.
In 2021 the use of a STEM network was proposed to
support early childhood (EC) professionals’
understanding and knowledge of EC STEM. Since then,
a vibrant community of EC educators, managers, and
academics has blossomed. This article details the
network’s aims, successes, and plans, showing the
valuable role that communities of practice can play in
embedding and supporting STEM in EC.