Congratulations to CASTEL member Sandra O’ Neill on her two recent publications around Early Childhood STEM.

The first explores ECE educators’ preservice experience of engaging with Makerspace workshops as part of their undergraduate degree:

•  O’Neill, S. (2025). Circumventing the leaky STEM pipeline starting with early childhood educators. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2025.2476693

The second, on the topic of Early Maths, is published alongside Cora Gillic, her fellow CASTEL member:

• O’Neill S. & Gillic, C. (2024) Conceptualising Early Mathematics: Report from the PLÉ Early Childhood Mathematics Special Interest Group. PLÉ the Association of Academics in Early Childhood Education and Care in Higher Education in Ireland. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28288.34560

Congratulations to you both!