But is it science?

Watts, Mike and Salehjee, Saima and Essex, Jane (2017) But is it science? Early Child Development and Care, 187 (2). pp. 274-283. ISSN 0300-4430 (https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2016.1237566)

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Abstract

Early years science education is not science, but a curricular construction designed to induct young children into a range of ideas and practices related to the natural world. While inquiry-based learning is an important approach to this, it is not of itself unique to science and there are a range of logico-mathematical constructions that come closer to the essence of science. In this paper we discuss just three: empirical question-asking, transgressive play, and good thinking. The challenge, of course is to induct early years practitioners to a different way of shaping early science.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	62049
  Dates:	Date Event 1 February 2017 Published 9 January 2017 Published Online 6 December 2016 Accepted
  Subjects:	Education
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	16 Oct 2017 10:47
  Last modified:	08 Apr 2024 23:38
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/62049