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Science Education during Early Childhood - A Cultural-Historical Perspective (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Science Education during Early Childhood - A Cultural-Historical Perspective (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 6
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Children's learning and understanding of science during their
pre-school years has been a neglected topic in the education
literature-something this volume aims to redress. Paradigmatic
notions of science education, with their focus on biologically
governed development and age-specific accession to scientific
concepts, have perpetuated this state of affairs. This book offers
a very different perspective, however. It has its roots in the work
of cultural-historical activity theorists, who, since Vygotsky,
have assumed that any higher cognitive function existed in and as a
social relation first. Accepting this precept removes any lower
limit we may deem appropriate on children's cognitive engagement
with science-related concepts. The authors describe and analyze the
ways in which children aged from one to five grapple with
scientific concepts, and also suggest ways in which pre-service and
in-service teachers can be prepared to teach in ways that support
children's development in cultural and historical contexts. In
doing so, the book affirms the value of cultural-historical
activity theory as an appropriate framework for analyzing preschool
children's participation in science learning experiences, and shows
that that the theory provides an appropriate framework for
understanding learning, as well as for planning and conducting
training for pre-school teachers.
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