2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research of Awakening Scientific Cognition as seen in Young Children's Activities in a, Natural Environment
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18500682
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Shukutoku University (2007)
Kyushu Women's Junior College (2006) |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Takahiro Shukutoku University, College of Cross-Cultural Communication and Business, Professor (80390300)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | science education / early education / natural science / awakening science cognition |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigated the awakening of scientific cognition as seen in the activities of young. children in a natural environment.
1. A questionnaire survey was conducted among kindergartens in Japan. As a result, it was found that most kindergartens would like to systematically include scientific activities in their child-care activities. It was also found most kindergartens are practicing the following four activities : "water color play " soap bubble play", "making mud balls", and " playing in the sand".
2. The words of children during a daily child-care activities was analyzed. As a result, some words were found in each activity which could help raise scientific awareness. The words that could help raise scientific awareness during the "soap bubble play" differed between 4 and 5 year olds.
3. Among 5 year olds, the "Playing with a paper car that moves when you blow on it "was a suitable learning tool to educate the awakening of science cognition itself. "Flour clay play, " water color play, " "soap bubble play, " "making mud balls, " "sand play" were suitable learning tools to raise the fundamental knowledge of wakening scientific cognition.
4. In the case of parent-child classes held at the kindergarten, activities that are easy to prepare like "the paper cup that jumps up, " "the acorn balancing toy" and "soap bubble play" were suited to educate awakening scientific cognition.
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