Name: science literacy in primary schools and pre-schools
Price: 116.33 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: eshach
ISBN: 9781402046414

portada science literacy in primary schools and pre-schools

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

springer publishing map

Author

eshach

Language

English

Pages

174

ISBN

1402046413

ISBN13

9781402046414

Synopsis "science literacy in primary schools and pre-schools"

when it comes to science, many of todays children experience narrow and impoverished learning opportunities, which, as professor judah schwartz writes in the preface to this book, lead ulitmately to a mere caricature of science. one source of the problem is the wrong?terribly wrong?belief that science is an inappropriate subject for early elementary education and certainly for kindergarten education. as a curative to this prevalent and unfortunate situation, this well-written and thought-provoking book presents the state-of-the-art in science education for kindergarten and primary schools. it begins with a thorough theoretical discussion on why it is incumbent on the science educator to teach science already at first stages of childhood. it goes on to analyze and synthesize a broad range of educational approaches and themes such as: inquiry-based teaching; learning through authentic problems; scaffolding; situated learning; learning through projects; non-verbal knowledge; and informal learning. the book also presents fresh novel strategies to science teaching such as learning science trough designing, building, evaluating and redesigning simple artifacts; and inquiry events. numerous examples illustrating how the theories presented may be brought into practice are provided.