Developing Young Children's Scientific, Technological, and Social Competency through

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ㆍ발행기관 : 환태평양유아교육연구학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : Asia-Pacific journal of research in early childhood education / 1권 / 1호
ㆍ저자명 : Sumida ManabuFukada Shozo, Nakamura Hiroaki, Masukagami Masaru

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한국어 초록

There is growing recognition that young children are familiar withnai"ve physics, and construct their own theory about the natural world fromearly childhood. The research reported in this study focuses on intellectualplay activities involving pendulums carried out by young children at a kinder -garten in Japan. Over the course of three weeks, five-year-old children partic -ipated in these pendulum play activities. They made pendulums by themselves,tried them out, compared them with others, identified variables in moving,controlled these variables, and communicated their findings with others in thecontext of free guided play. Throughout these activities, the children changedtheir sense making of pendulums as objects of art to objects for investigation.Simple equipment, such as weight balances and counters, seemed to developtheir scientific and technological competency. Their findings were displayedon a communication board so that they could appreciate and discuss themwith each other. Socio-cultural aspects of science and technology in our glob -al society are coming into the spotlight in the field of science education.Drawing on recent reviews, this paper proposes some implications in relationto the theory and practice of science activities for young children that aim todevelop their scientific, technological, and social competency in early child -hood.

영어 초록

There is growing recognition that young children are familiar with
nai"ve physics, and construct their own theory about the natural world from
early childhood. The research reported in this study focuses on intellectual
play activities involving pendulums carried out by young children at a kinder -
garten in Japan. Over the course of three weeks, five-year-old children partic -
ipated in these pendulum play activities. They made pendulums by themselves,
tried them out, compared them with others, identified variables in moving,
controlled these variables, and communicated their findings with others in the
context of free guided play. Throughout these activities, the children changed
their sense making of pendulums as objects of art to objects for investigation.
Simple equipment, such as weight balances and counters, seemed to develop
their scientific and technological competency. Their findings were displayed
on a communication board so that they could appreciate and discuss them
with each other. Socio-cultural aspects of science and technology in our glob -
al society are coming into the spotlight in the field of science education.
Drawing on recent reviews, this paper proposes some implications in relation
to the theory and practice of science activities for young children that aim to
develop their scientific, technological, and social competency in early child -
hood.

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