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Children's Critical Thinking Skills: Perceptions of Norwegian Early Childhood Educators
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Pollarolo, Enrico; Størksen, Ingunn; Skarstein, Tuula H.; Kucirkova, Natalia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
The significance of learning to think critically from a young age is well documented. Early childhood educators play an essential role in children's critical skills development. Therefore, it is crucial to understand their perceptions of this concept. This qualitative study explored Norwegian early childhood educators' perceptions of critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Young Children, Thinking Skills
Using the Lens of Science Capital to Capture and Explore Children's Attitudes toward Science in an Informal Making-Based Space
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Christidou, Dimitra; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Giannakos, Michail – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: Governments and organizations worldwide are concerned over the declining number of young people choosing to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), especially after the age of 16. Research has foregrounded that students with positive attitudes toward science are more likely to find it relevant and aspire to a…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Science Education, Informal Education