Full Description
Teaching Science and Technology in the Early Years (3-7) celebrates young children's amazing capabilities as scientists, designers and technologists. Research-based yet practical and accessible, it demonstrates how scientific, designing and making activities are natural to young children, and have the potential for contributing to all aspects of their learning. By identifying the scientific and design-related concepts, skills and activities being developed, the book enables the reader to make more focused diagnostic observations of young children and plan for how they can help move them forward in their learning. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and features:Six new chapters providing practical advice and examples for enhancing scientific and technological learning through thematic approachesa new chapter focusing on the outdoor learning environment and how this can support science and technologynew case studies of successful early years practice, alongside examples of practical planning for learning, and advice on documenting children's learning stories, guidance on the role of talk, narrative, documentation and planning in relation to early years science and technology Based on the latest research and the first hand experience, this practical and accessible book is essential reading for early years and primary students on undergraduate and Masters level courses.
Contents
Part 11. IntroductionAlan Howe and Dan Davies2. Young children as scientists, designers and technologists - theories of learningJanet Rose and Lone Hattingh3. Talk, narrative and sustained shared thinkingPat Black, Sue Hughes, Kendra McMahon and Janet Rose4. Outdoor learning in science and technologySarah Earle5. Documenting children's learningRebecca Digby6. Planning for science and technology in the early yearsRebecca Digby and Sarah EarlePart 27. Sowing the seeds - a thematic approach to plant life in the early yearsAlan Howe8. A thematic approach to humans and animals in the early yearsKendra McMahon9. A thematic approach to everyday materials in the early yearsChristopher Collier10. A thematic approach to changing materials in the early yearsSarah Earle11. A thematic approach to forces, electricity and magnets in the early yearsDan Davies12. A thematic approach to sound, light and space in the early yearsDan Davies13. Moving on - transitions in early years science and technologyAlan Howe
