Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Primary and Pre-school Education

Organization

TÓK Department of Foreign Language and Literature

Code

ERA34E

Title

Science Education in English in Pre-School Settings

Usual semester

Autumn

Published semester

2024/25/1

ECTS

4

Language

en

Description

Students develop their methodological competencies that are necessary for conducting science education sessions in English in kindergarten, and also gain practice through micro-teaching and reflection. They explore the characteristics of the natural processes of early childhood learning. They broaden their theoretical and methodological knowledge by using English theoretical and methodological sources.

Learning outcomes

Students develop their methodological competencies that are necessary for conducting science education sessions in English in kindergarten, and also gain practice through micro-teaching and reflection. They explore the characteristics of the natural processes of early childhood learning. They broaden their theoretical and methodological knowledge by using English theoretical and methodological sources.

Course content

The concepts of science, learning and understanding. The way children learn about their environment; curiosity, motivation. Concept building and the prior knowledge. The aims of teaching science, the steps of planning teaching. Indirect teaching and discovery learning; science activities, experiments and models. Using English resources for improving students' scientific knowledge and finding creative teaching ideas.

Assessment method

practice mark (1-5): active in-class participation, planning and instructing science activities, portfolio

Bibliography

Compulsory literature: Campbell, C., Jobling, W., & Howitt, C. (Eds.). (2012). Science in Early Childhood. Cambridge University Press. Dickins, R., Chisholm, J., & Robston, K. (Eds.). (2014). 365 Science activities. Ushborne Publishing. Parks, S. (Ed.). (2018). Knowledge encyclopedia: The world as you've never seen it before. Dorling Kindersly. Smith, P., Mack, L., Stamps, C., & Wilson, L. (Eds.). (2010). First children's encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersly. Trundle, K. C. (n.d.). Teaching science during the early childhood years. National Geographic Learning. https://ngl.cengage.com/assets/downloads/ngsci_pro0000000028/am_trundle_teach_sci_early_child_scl22-0429a.pdf

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