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Course Title Code Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
Science Education in Early Childhood OKÖ514 II. SEMESTER 3+0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. ÜMRAN ALAN
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Prerequisites There is no prerequisities and co-requisities for the course.
Courses Recomended OKÖ229 Early Childhood Science Education
Recommended Reading List Akerson, V., & Donnelly, L. A. (2010). Teaching nature of science to K-2 students: What understandings can they attain? International Journal of Science Education, 32(1), 97–124.Akerson, V. L., Buck, G. A., Donnelly, L. A., Nargund-Joshi, V., & Weiland, I. S. (2011). The importance of teaching and learning nature of science in the early childhood years. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20, 537–549.Alan, Ü., & Erdoğan, S. (2018). Of course scientists haven’t seen dinosaurs on the beach: Turkish kindergartners’ developing understanding of the nature of science through explicit–reflective instruction. Early Childhood Education Journal, 46, 695-706.Eshach, H. (2006). Science literacy in primary schools and pre-schools. Dordrecht, The Netherlands.Eshach, H. (2007). Bridging in-school and out-of-school learning: Formal, non-formal, and informal education. Journal of science education and technology, 16, 171-190.Eshach, H., & Fried, M. N. (2005). Should science be taught in early childhood?. Journal of science education and technology, 14, 315-336.Metz, K. E. (1995). Reassesment of developmental constraints on children’s science instruction. Review of Educational Research, 65(2), 93–127.Metz, K. E. (2004). Children’s understanding of scientific inquiry: Their conceptualization of uncertainty in investigations of their own design. Cognition and Instruction, 22(2), 219–290.Metz, K. E. (2011). Young children can be sophisticated scientists. Phi Delta Kappan, 92(8), 68–71.Quigley, C., Pongsanon, K., & Akerson, V. L. (2011). If we teach them, they can learn: Young student’s views of nature of science during an informal science education program. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 22, 129–149. Saçkes, M., Trundle, K. C., Bell, R. L., & O'Connell, A. A. (2011). The influence of early science experience in kindergarten on children's immediate and later science achievement: Evidence from the early childhood longitudinal study. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48(2), 217-235.Sackes, M., Trundle, K. C., & Flevares, L. M. (2009). Using children’s literature to teach standard-based science concepts in early years. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36, 415-422.
Assessment methods and criteria Homework, Presentation, Final exam
Work Placement Not applicable.
Catalog Content Early Childhood and Science; Scientific Literacy: Nature of science, Science process skills, Scientific attitudes, Scientific content; Development of Scientific Concepts in Early Childhood; Early Childhood Science Standarts; Early Childhood Science Education Programs; Methods and Techniques in Early Childhod Science Education; Planning, Practice, Assesment and Documentation in Early Childhood Science Education; Integration in Early Childhood Education and STEM; Science Education in Diverse Learning Environments; Science Communication in Early Childhood; Current State and Future Directions of Research in Early Childhood Science Education.

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