The Engineering design process for kindergarteners
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The engineering design process is a set of engineer’s working steps for decision-making and creating things that meet the human needs. This process is the heart of STEM Education or the organizing experience by using the engineering design process as the core to implement and integrate process skills and concepts in science, mathematics, and technology, as well as other areas of development in everyday life. Although in Thailand, the engineering design process has been used in learning management to students from preschool to secondary level for a while, the information of the engineering design process for preschooler is insufficient at present. This article aims to present the appropriate engineering design process for preschooler, the ways for applying to organize experiences whether they are used directly or in the form of integrated in STEM education, and an example of organizing activity to preschool teachers and those who are interested.
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