SCIENCE EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Description

Course Title	Course Code	Semester	Required/Elective	Theory + Practice	ECTS
Science Education in Early Childhood	OKÖ514	II. SEMESTER	Elective Courses	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 Recommended	OKÖ229 Early Childhood Science Education
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	Homework, Presentation, Final exam
Work Placement	Not applicable.