The NAEYC Self-Study Series is a compilation of selected topics related to early childhood education and published in Teaching Young Children. The purpose of the series is to support early childhood educators in refining their practices to develop intentional teaching strategies, foster equitable learning environments, and ground learning experiences for children in developmentally appropriate practice (DAP). You will gain invaluable knowledge, insights, and strategies from some of the leading voices in the field that you can test and try in your own setting. 

For the Winter 2025 Teaching Young Children issue, the self-study article is “Promoting Identity and Equity in STEM Messages from the Learning Environment.” 

Through this self-study, you will learn to:
 

1. Define identity, equity, and representation. 
2. Make connections between STEM and advancing equity. 
3. Plan for and apply STEM-rich environments and activities that promote identity, equity, and representation. 
4. Identify and implement strategies to gather and include children’s funds of knowledge in STEM experiences. 

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Modules are for individual use. Contact [email protected] to purchase for multiple participants.