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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction: Playful Learning: Little Robots, Big Ideas | |
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| Constructionism: Technology and Early Childhood | |
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| Constructionism as Developmentally Appropriate Practice | |
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| Learning by Designing Within a Community | |
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| Technological Tools for Learning: From Building Blocks to Robotics | |
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| Powerful Ideas and Wonderful Ideas | |
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| Learning About Learning with Technology | |
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| Socioemotional and Developmental Contexts for Learning with Robotics | |
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| The Big Picture: Promoting Positive Technological Development | |
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| Promoting Socioemotional Development Through Robotics | |
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| Technology in the Classroom: Technocentric vs. Systemic Approaches | |
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| The Role of the Family: Lessons from Literacy | |
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| Vignette: A Well-Kept Secret: Classroom Management with Robotics | |
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| Why LEGO Engineering? | |
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| What Are the Obstacles and How Have Teachers Gotten Around Them? | |
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| But What About the Girls? | |
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| Is It All Worth It? | |
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| What Next? | |
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| Vignette: The Engineering Design Process in a Kindergarten Study Group | |
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| Project Goals | |
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| The Initial Provocation | |
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| Curriculum Planning | |
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| Implementing the Curriculum | |
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| Extending Engineering | |
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| Interview with Rebecca S. New: Moving from "I Know" to "I Wonder": Revisiting Developmentally Appropriate Practices in the Light of Sociocultural Theories | |
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| Using Robotic Manipulatives in the Early Childhood Classroom | |
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| Robotic Manipulatives as Learning Tools | |
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| What Is a Robotic Manipulative? | |
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| Teaching and Learning Powerful Ideas with a Robotic Manipulative | |
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| Designing the Environment: A Practical Guide | |
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| Designing the Learning Environment | |
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| Developmentally Appropriate Robotics Construction Kits | |
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| Engaging Parents | |
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| Resources | |
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| Curriculum Starters | |
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| Vignette: Building Boston Together: Local History Through Robotics | |
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| The Freedom Trail | |
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| Vignette: Engineering by Design | |
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| Engineering by Design in First Grade | |
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| Getting Started: From Play to Design | |
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| The Engineering Design Process | |
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| Interview with Terry Green: Insights from Experience: From Lunar Rovers to Chaos | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Engineering and Technology Standards in the United States | |
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| Sample Curriculum Starter | |
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| Sample Design Journal | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |