Research in Early Childhood Science Education

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Product Overview

This book emphasizes the significance of teaching science in early childhood
classrooms, reviews the research on what young children are likely to know
about science and provides key points on effectively teaching science to young
children. Science education, an integral part of national and state standards
for early childhood classrooms, encompasses not only content-based instruction
but also process skills, creativity, experimentation and problem-solving. By
introducing science in developmentally appropriate ways, we can support young
children’s sensory explorations of their world and provide them with
foundational knowledge and skills for lifelong science learning, as well as an
appreciation of nature. This book emphasizes the significance of teaching
science in early childhood classrooms, reviews the research on what young
children are likely to know about science, and provides key points on
effectively teaching young children science. Common research methods used in
the reviewed studies are identified, methodological concerns are discussed and
methodological and theoretical advances are suggested.