A Course Module for Science for Kindergarten
2021 04-ED-00065-0 978-621-04-2212-2 Bachelor in Early Childhood Education
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
UNIT I: THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE CURRICULUM Lesson1:DefinitionandNatureofScience.................................. 1 Lesson 2: Science and Young Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lesson 3: The Science Content for Young Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Lesson 4: Science in a Child-Centered Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lesson 5: Theories Supporting the Teaching of Science for Young Children. . . . . . . . 29 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 UNIT II: INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING Lesson1:FoundationforScienceLearning.................................. 53 Lesson 2: Designing an Instruction for Young Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Lesson 3: Things to Consider in Designing Science Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Lesson4:InstructionalModelsforScience.................................. 78 Lesson 5: Developing Science Lesson Plans for Young Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
UNIT III: INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE
Lesson 1: Problem-Based Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Lesson 2: Field Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Lesson3:CooperativeLearning........................................... 122 Lesson 4: Storytelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Lesson 5: Graphic Organizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Lesson 6: Inquiry-Based Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lesson 7: Demonstration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Lesson 8: Exhibitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 References ............................................................ 170
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UNIT IV: ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE Lesson 1: Assessing Learning in Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Lesson 2: Traditional and Alternative Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Lesson 3: Assessment Rubrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Lesson4:AnecdotalRecord .............................................. 202 Lesson 5: Designing Learning Portfolio in Early Childhood Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 References ............................................................ 223
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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