Sofie Areljung
Biographic Data
| ID | 8664382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofie Areljung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofie |
| FAMILY NAME | Areljung |
| SIGNATURE | ARELJUNG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7273-5442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From problem-solving, innovation and creativity to empathy, connection and care? Troubling the use of STEAM buzzwords in early childhood education research
There is a growing trend of addressing the benefits of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) in literature on Early Childhood Education (ECE). The literature often assumes that adding Arts to STEM in ECE will help young children develop a number of skills such as critical thinking, innovation, creativity, problem-solving, communication and collaboration. We refer to these skills as STEAM buzzwords since they are listed i…
Five ways of engaging with a drawing task: Exploring children’s drawing processes and emergent systems thinking
This article is about children's drawing processes and emergent systems thinking. ‘Emergent systems thinking’ refers to children's awareness of a system's components, their interconnections and the flows that move through them. This study focuses on a video-recorded drawing session involving five five-year-olds who were invited to draw how they think water reaches the tap. My aim is to: (1) examine different ways of engaging with a drawing task a…
Young children’s learning in physics: A (dis-)trustful play with gravity, friction and counterforces
This article seeks to contribute to an early childhood specific conceptualisation of physics education. The article is a collaboration between a researcher in science education and two preschool teachers and revolves around the teachers’ work with 2–4 year old children. Grounded in a posthumanist understanding of the world, we focus on physics learning that emerge in children’s intra-actions with material. In our analysis, we first use ‘physics v…
STEAM education: An opportunity to transcend gender and disciplinary norms in early childhood
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education is currently gaining ground in many parts of the world, particularly in higher stages of the educational system. Foreseeing a development of STEAM policy and research also in the early years, this colloquium seeks to bring questions of gendering processes to the table. The authors aspire to prevent the development of a gender-blind STEAM discourse for early childhood educati…
Why and how teachers make use of drawing activities in early childhood science education
Researchers have provided many arguments for why drawing may contribute to science learning. However, little is known about how teachers in early childhood education (ECE) make use of drawing for science learning purposes. This article examines how teachers’ views and framing of drawing activities influence the science learning opportunities afforded to children in the activities. We use activity theory to analyse teacher interviews and observati…
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Why and how teachers make use of drawing activities in early childhood science education
Researchers have provided many arguments for why drawing may contribute to science learning. However, little is known about how teachers in early childhood education (ECE) make use of drawing for science learning purposes. This article examines how teachers’ views and framing of drawing activities influence the science learning opportunities afforded to children in the activities. We use activity theory to analyse teacher interviews and observati…
STEAM education: An opportunity to transcend gender and disciplinary norms in early childhood
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education is currently gaining ground in many parts of the world, particularly in higher stages of the educational system. Foreseeing a development of STEAM policy and research also in the early years, this colloquium seeks to bring questions of gendering processes to the table. The authors aspire to prevent the development of a gender-blind STEAM discourse for early childhood educati…
Young children’s learning in physics: A (dis-)trustful play with gravity, friction and counterforces
This article seeks to contribute to an early childhood specific conceptualisation of physics education. The article is a collaboration between a researcher in science education and two preschool teachers and revolves around the teachers’ work with 2–4 year old children. Grounded in a posthumanist understanding of the world, we focus on physics learning that emerge in children’s intra-actions with material. In our analysis, we first use ‘physics v…
From problem-solving, innovation and creativity to empathy, connection and care? Troubling the use of STEAM buzzwords in early childhood education research
There is a growing trend of addressing the benefits of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) in literature on Early Childhood Education (ECE). The literature often assumes that adding Arts to STEM in ECE will help young children develop a number of skills such as critical thinking, innovation, creativity, problem-solving, communication and collaboration. We refer to these skills as STEAM buzzwords since they are listed i…
Five ways of engaging with a drawing task: Exploring children’s drawing processes and emergent systems thinking
This article is about children's drawing processes and emergent systems thinking. ‘Emergent systems thinking’ refers to children's awareness of a system's components, their interconnections and the flows that move through them. This study focuses on a video-recorded drawing session involving five five-year-olds who were invited to draw how they think water reaches the tap. My aim is to: (1) examine different ways of engaging with a drawing task a…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Early childhood (3 works) · Early childhood education (3 works) · Art Education and Development (2 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works)