Ashbrook, P. (2014). The Nature of Science in Early Childhood. Science & Children, 52(1), 24-25.
To begin, this article is very beneficial to all early childhood teachers. It gives tips and advice to teaching young students science, and then explains why something should or should not be done in a science class. The author gives descriptive details as to what teachers in a science class should say to get students to think about science, and to think like scientists. The author then talks about the nature of science and how children will interpret science differently. One point that Ashbrook makes, and that I found most useful is that, “Kindergarten-first and second grade students can begin to understand what science is, who does science and …show more content…
It shed light onto how importance the nature of science is, how it should be looked at and how to make it look fun to young children. This author did a very good job at persuading me to teach science in an early childhood class without being full of fear. I understand that science is fun, and it should be fun to kids but now I truly have a few ideas of what fun, interactive, and student lead science looks like. I would refer this article to any new teacher that will be teaching in early childhood or even current and experienced teachers because it had many successful suggestions for a science classroom in K-2nd …show more content…
He started the journal because he wanted to ask children how they would want to learn science. All the articles are reviewed by an adult, and then reviewed by a child aged 8-15 before being published onto the site. By having the children review the articles the adult reviewers can see if the children understand the scientific method, and it also allows the children to ask whether the author had a hypothesis and directed an experiment that allowed them to test the hypothesis with a yes or no answer. The ultimate goal is for kids in grades 3-8 to learn science, to get them interested in Science, and to see how fun science can really be. Knight also explains that this could be used in a Science, Technology, engineering, and math education but it wouldn’t be used in the general sense that STEM programs are usually used because his journals are child led; the STEM programs are usually people telling kids what to do, not children telling the adults how they want to
To begin, this article is very beneficial to all early childhood teachers. It gives tips and advice to teaching young students science, and then explains why something should or should not be done in a science class. The author gives descriptive details as to what teachers in a science class should say to get students to think about science, and to think like scientists. The author then talks about the nature of science and how children will interpret science differently. One point that Ashbrook makes, and that I found most useful is that, “Kindergarten-first and second grade students can begin to understand what science is, who does science and …show more content…
It shed light onto how importance the nature of science is, how it should be looked at and how to make it look fun to young children. This author did a very good job at persuading me to teach science in an early childhood class without being full of fear. I understand that science is fun, and it should be fun to kids but now I truly have a few ideas of what fun, interactive, and student lead science looks like. I would refer this article to any new teacher that will be teaching in early childhood or even current and experienced teachers because it had many successful suggestions for a science classroom in K-2nd …show more content…
He started the journal because he wanted to ask children how they would want to learn science. All the articles are reviewed by an adult, and then reviewed by a child aged 8-15 before being published onto the site. By having the children review the articles the adult reviewers can see if the children understand the scientific method, and it also allows the children to ask whether the author had a hypothesis and directed an experiment that allowed them to test the hypothesis with a yes or no answer. The ultimate goal is for kids in grades 3-8 to learn science, to get them interested in Science, and to see how fun science can really be. Knight also explains that this could be used in a Science, Technology, engineering, and math education but it wouldn’t be used in the general sense that STEM programs are usually used because his journals are child led; the STEM programs are usually people telling kids what to do, not children telling the adults how they want to