Teaching Science, Design and Technology in the Early Years (Paperback)

This text gives teachers, student teachers and other early years practitioners a clear understanding of how science and design and technology contribute to children's learning. It should help teachers make more focused, diagnostic observations of young children's play by identifying the scientific and design concepts, skills and attitudes being developed. It gives clear guidance for planning experiences and inetrventions that will help move the chidlren forward in their learning within specific areas of the foundation stage curriculum, whilsr giving a critical insight into the implications of this approach for teaching and learning and assessment in Key Stage 1 and beyond.; The book features: a focus on young children's learning - what we know from research about how young children learn and the centrality of their early scientific and designing/making experiences to this learning; case studies of successful early years practice in science and design and technology; examples of practice planning for learning, written by early years practitioners; an analysis of the contribution of science and design and technology towards meeting the early learning goals; and advice for adults worki

General

Imprint:	David Fulton Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2002
First published:	February 2003
Authors:	Alan Howe • Dan Davies • Christopher Collier • Rebecca Digby • Sarah Earle • Kendra McMahon
Dimensions:	248 x 175 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-85346-880-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Children's & Educational > Science > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Pre-school & kindergarten Books > Children's & Educational > Technology & applied sciences > Design & technology > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	1-85346-880-0
Barcode:	9781853468803

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