TY - BOOK ID - 134750979 TI - Early Childhood Science Education: Research Trends in Learning and Teaching PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI Books DB - UniCat KW - shape of the Earth KW - conceptual development KW - mental models KW - astronomy KW - EARTH2 test KW - knowledge-as-elements KW - knowledge-as-theory KW - cultural differences KW - science KW - early childhood KW - science education KW - literature review KW - concepts KW - infants KW - toddlers KW - preschoolers KW - preschool KW - representations KW - epistemology KW - preschool children KW - explanations KW - precursor models KW - natural phenomena KW - combustion KW - argumentation KW - competence KW - self-efficacy KW - design KW - problem-solving KW - socio-cultural psychology KW - collaboration KW - genetic epistemology KW - mental representations KW - physical sciences KW - sound KW - address KW - interpersonal meaning KW - involvement KW - multimodal texts KW - social distance KW - socio-cognitive perspective KW - verbal text–image relations KW - young children KW - sustainable development KW - early science education KW - dual language learners KW - low-income KW - teacher language use KW - integrated e-learning KW - inquiry-based learning KW - primary school KW - 3rd-grade pupils KW - project KW - Science KW - temperature measurement KW - STEM education KW - problem solving KW - observation tool KW - perezhivanie KW - early childhood science education KW - scientific competence KW - teaching interventions and activities teacher training KW - inquiry KW - scientific practice KW - health KW - school gardens KW - sustainability education KW - cognitive skills KW - experimental skills KW - early childhood education KW - discovery demonstration and inquiry-based teaching methods KW - theory of planned behavior KW - kindergarten teacher training KW - STEM KW - STEAM KW - preschools KW - parental involvement KW - engagement KW - kindergarten KW - children KW - heat KW - temperature KW - ideas KW - experience KW - Early Childhood Science Education KW - research trends UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134750979 AB - This volume consists of a collection of articles that touch on very different research aspects within a broad scientific field known in recent years as Early Childhood Science Education. The field has gradually emerged from the interaction between three distinct scientific areas of theory and research: Early Childhood Education, Psychology, which is oriented towards the study of learning, and Science Education. At the center of the progress in this field are efforts to initiate children aged 4-8 years in the Physical and Biological Sciences. A wide range of research themes have developed around this main axis: children's mental representations of phenomena of the natural world and scientific concepts, the study of the implementation and effectiveness of specific teaching activities related to curricula or activities focusing on the specific characteristics of teaching processes such as reasoning, explanation, communication, interaction or argumentation, the issue of teachers' relevance to the teaching of science, the use of pecialized teaching materials, the emergence of the issue of scientific skills, the highly contemporary issue of the differentiation and inclusion of children in the world of science, important socio-scientific issues, the role of family-related factors etc. Within this context, this collective book aims to reflect contemporary research trends in the field of Early Childhood Science Education. ER -