2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Development and Evaluation of an Early Childhood Science Education Guide of Using Children's Books for Nursery and Kindergarten Teachers
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15K12382
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 科学教育 / 科学教員養成 / 保育園・幼稚園・認定こども園 / 科学絵本 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study develops an early childhood science education guide for using children's books and evaluates its effectiveness in supporting nursery and kindergarten teachers to design and implement science learning activities. The results of this study are summarized as the following two points: (1) by integrating cutting-edge research findings on early childhood education, design science, and science education research, we were able to develop some general principles for selecting children's books that match the objectives and content of early childhood science education, pedagogical techniques for using children's books, and best practices of early childhood science education using children's books; and (2) we introduced the guide in nurseries, kindergartens, and certified centers for early childhood education and care for in-service teacher training and were able to empirically examine its possible effects.
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| Free Research Field |
科学教育
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