Use of Models in Early Childhood Science Education

Bu çalışma, okul öncesi öğretmen adaylarının fen eğitimine ilişkin algılarını ve fen öğretimine ilişkin özgüvenlerini araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Algıların değerlendirilmesinin yanı sıra, çalışmada, küçük çocuklara bilimsel kavramları sunmanın bir yolu olarak bilimsel modellerin kullanımı tanıtılmakta ve katılımcıların model ve model kullanımına ilişkin anlayışları araştırılmaktadır. Bulgular, tüm katılımcıların okul öncesi sınıflarında fen eğitiminin gerekliliğine inanmalarına rağmen, çoğunun kendisine güvenmediğini göstermiştir. Ayrıca, fen eğitiminin fiziksel materyaller aracılığıyla yapılması gerekliliğini düşünmelerine rağmen, öğretmen adaylarının modeller ve bunların fen eğitiminde kullanımına yönelik anlayışları yeterli bulunmamıştır

Okul Öncesi Fen Eğitiminde Model Kullanımı

The paper aims to investigate early childhood teacher candidates’ views about science education and their confidence in teaching science. After initial consideration of their views, the paper introduces the use of scientific models as a way to introduce scientific concepts to young children, and seeks participants’ understandings of models and their use. The findings showed that, although all participants believed in the necessity of science education in early childhood classrooms, most of them did not feel themselves confident about it. They believe that science education should be done through physical materials but they do not hold promising understandings about models and their use in science education

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