A cultural-historical study of children learning science : foregrounding affective imagination in play-based settings /: foregrounding affective imagination in play-based settings. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marilyn Fleer, Niklas Pramling.
• Authors: Fleer, Marilyn; Pramling, Niklas
• Contents: Section 1: Theoretical foundations for learning science in early childhood -- Learning science in everyday life? a cultural-historical framework -- How preschools environments afford science learning -- Imagination and its contributions to learning in science -- Theoretical and conceptual insights? the young learner in science -- Section 2: Knowledge construction in science -- Knowledge construction in early childhood science: The human invention of empirical, narrative and theoretical -- Knowledge construction is culturally situated -- Positioning children in research and the implications for our images of their competence -- Section 3: The pedagogical construction of learning science -- Learning and metaphor: Bridging the gap between the familiar and the unfamiliar -- Simile, metaphor and learning to perceive the world in functional and culturally relevant ways -- Learning to?read? and produce graphical representations -- The nature of educational encounters -- Theoretical and conceptual insights? representations in science -- Section 4: Models of early childhood teaching -- A cultural-historical model of early childhood science education.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 213 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 372.3/5; Education; Science -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Cross-cultural studies; Play -- Psychological aspects -- Cross-cultural studies; Early childhood education -- Cross-cultural studies; Science_xStudy and teaching; Early childhood education; EDUCATION -- Elementary; Early childhood education; Play -- Psychological aspects; Science -- Study and teaching (Early childhood); Education -- Preschool & Kindergarten; Education -- Educational Psychology; Pre-school & kindergarten; Teaching skills & techniques; Science -- Study & Teaching; Teaching of a specific subject; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401793704; 9401793700
• Related ISBNs: 9789401793698; 9401793697
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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