The last twenty-five years have seen an increase in the development of an area of
educational research and implementation which is known internationally as Early Childhood …

This article considers drawing as a meaning-making activity that takes place in certain
sociocultural contexts to find evidence for its communicative potentials as well as the …

Research Findings Grounded on personification storytelling, this intervention study
introduced a science program including extensive astronomy concepts to 24 children (4–5 …

Globally, astronomy education is being promoted through curricula. Research indicates that
educators need support to fundamentally comprehend and gain knowledge of astronomy as …

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a sociocognitive teaching strategy on
young children's understanding of light. It explores their understanding of the concept of light …

The present research tested the hypothesis that the reading of science text can create new
misconceptions in students with incongruent prior knowledge, and that these new …

Children's everyday activities enable them to learn some science even before entering
preschool education and children bring these ideas with them when entering education …

The current chapter 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 …

Children construct representations of concepts and physical phenomena and these
representations are critical to education. The natural phenomenon of clouds is perceivable …

Children form representations of concepts, physical phenomena and technical objects which
are critical to teaching and learning. In addition, they are familiar with the everyday …