Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale; Ojadejo, Adekunle; Okebukola, Peter; Ogulande, Ibyinka; Shabni, Juma; Agor, Rose; (2024) Exploration of Play as a Vital Strategy to STEM Literacy. In: Proceedings of the NARST 97th Annual International Conference. NARST: Denver, Colorado, USA. (In press).

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Abstract

The use of play as an effective tool and link for STEM education has proved to be a workable strategy, in popularizing STEM among children at an early age. Play, a primary means by which children explore their immediate environment has served as a catalyst to their understanding and interest of basic theoretical frameworks such as Piaget and Vygotsky. This study spanned over a two-year period. It employed a non-participant observer methodological approach, on a playground where the observed children were able to explore STEM concepts. The participant reported were three boys and one girl from less than one to three years involved in series of plays on a playground. The result showed that the children’s attention and interest were caught, maintained and sustained in STEM-Experiences from the preschool years to formal school age. There is also a distinct progression of capability in the mastery of STEM fundamental principles by the children. It is therefore concluded, that NARST members whose research interest focused on early/primary science learning would find this study on the use of Play for STEM learning at the early childhood stage highly beneficial.

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