But is it science?

Watts, Mike and Salehjee, Saima and Essex, Jane; Watts, Mike and Silby, Alison, eds. (2018) But is it science? In: Early Years Science Education. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 96-105. ISBN 9781138337022

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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Essex, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9938-8134

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	66114
  Dates:	Date Event 29 August 2018 Published
  Subjects:	Education
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	15 Nov 2018 12:23
  Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 15:15
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/66114