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Early Childhood Science Education from 0 to 6: A Literature Review
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O'Connor, Gillian; Fragkiadaki, Glykeria; Fleer, Marilyn; Rai, Prabhat – Education Sciences, 2021
Over the past three decades, our understanding of science learning in early childhood has improved exponentially and today we have a strong empirically based understanding of science experiences for children aged three to six years. However, our understanding of science learning as it occurs for children from birth to three years, is limited. We…
Descriptors: Science Education, Preschool Education, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
The Relations between Ideal and Real Forms of "Small Science": Conscious Collaboration among Parents and Infants-Toddlers (Cultural Studies of Science Education)
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Sikder, Shukla; Fleer, Marilyn – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
Vygotsky (in: Rieber, Carton (eds) The collected works of L.S. Vygotsky, vol 1, Pleneum Press, Newyork, pp 167-241, Retrieved from http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/edf5411/04118997.pdf, 1987) stated that academic or scientific concepts require a level of conscious awareness on the part of the child within everyday situations. Academic concepts can…
Descriptors: Science Education, Child Development, Scientific Concepts, Infants