Early science education : goals and process-related quality criteria for science teaching / Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy, Sabina Pauen, Jörg Ramseger, Beate Sodian, and Mirjam Steffensky ; with a foreword by Russell Tytler.

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Preface / Natalie von Siemens and Michael Fritz - Foreword / Russell Tytler - Introduction - Summary of key findings of the expert reports - A. Goals of science education between the ages of three and six and their assessment - Theoretical assumptions ; Goals at the level of the children ; Goals at the level of early childhood professionals ; Conclusion and recommendations / Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy, Sabina Pauen and Mirjam Steffensky - B. Goals of science education at primary school age and their assessment - Theoretical assessment / Mirjam Steffensky, Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy and Beate Sodian - Goals at the level of the children ; Goals at the level of the pedagogical staff ; Conclusion and recommendations / Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy, Beate Sodian and Mirjam Steffensky - C. Process-related quality criteria for science teaching: ten criteria for effective didactic action at pre-primary and primary level - Introduction ; The goal of science teaching ; Learning-theory and didactic premises ; Scientific reasoning at primary school age ; Quality criteria ; Relevance and hierarchy of the individual criteria ; Outlook / Jörg Ramseger - Conclusion and outlook: how the "Haus der kleinen Forscher" Foundation uses these findings - Recommendations from the expert reports as a basis for the Foundation's substantive offerings - Contribution of the Foundation to professionalisation in early education in the educational domains of science, technology, computer science, and mathematics - Further development of process quality through the Foundation's certification procedure - Outlook: Measurement of the outcomes of science education - References - Appendix I. Goals of science education for children aged between three and ten years - Appendix II. Goals of science education for teachers and educators of children between the ages of three and ten years.

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