Physical Science in Constructivist Early Childhood Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Kato, Tsuguhiko; Van Meeteren, Beth Dykstra
Titel	Physical Science in Constructivist Early Childhood Classrooms
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 84 (2008) 4, S.234 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
Schlagwörter	Constructivism (Learning); Experimental Schools; Young Children; Physical Sciences; Science Instruction; Science Activities; Class Activities; Thinking Skills; Mathematics; Experiments; Child Development Centers; Teaching Methods; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pilot school; Model school; Modellschule; Frühe Kindheit; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Denkfähigkeit; Mathematik; Erprobung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Teachers at the Freeburg Early Childhood Program know that experimentation with physical science is of great interest to young children, and can begin as early as the age of 3. The constructivist teachers at this experimental school at the University of Northern Iowa worked for six years to develop a center-based approach to physical science with young children. Kamii and DeVries (1993) define physical knowledge activities as those in which children experiment and figure out how things work in the physical world. In these activities, children act on objects to produce desired effects and observe the objects' reactions. In this article, the authors illustrate how such activities can be implemented in the classroom to foster young children's thinking and reasoning. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10