Precursor models of the physical sciences in early childhood education students’ thinking
Precursor models of the physical sciences in early childhood education students’ thinking
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Ravanis, Konstantinos
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University of Ioannina
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The current study presents the basic characteristics of the effort to develop a trend for Early Childhood Science Education, in the context of which it is attempted to construct precursor models in young children’s thinking, schemes of understanding natural phenomena whose characteristics are compatible with those of Natural Sciences models that are used in schooling. General trends of research and teaching strategies for bringing young children closer to the Physical Sciences, specific issues of scientific models in education context as well as fundamental issues of structure and operation of precursor models in early childhood are also discussed.
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Precursor models, Physical sciences, Early childhood education