The research field of science education has gathered questions about what science is, how
scientific knowledge is developed and in what ways humans are involved in these …

This article reports on student preschool teachers' views of science and its role in preschool.
Three cohorts of students have been given a written questionnaire with open-ended …

This study explores if and how teachers combine practices of science and of preschool
(children 1–5 years old) into preschool science practice. Views of knowing may differ …

We provide a research-based model and teaching strategies for teaching nature of science
(NOS) to young children (ages 5 to 9). The model describes an iterative teaching cycle that …

This paper explores the effect teachers' participation in a targeted inquiry-based/nature of
science (NoS) continuing professional development programme had on Irish primary …

This article focuses on the need for increased attention to content issues and working
methods for science teaching in Early Childhood Education (ECE). Science education …

This article presents the comparative project ROSE (The Relevance of Science Education)
on how 15-year old learners relate to science (and technology). The focus of ROSE is on the …

White's call for more research in early childhood science education mirrors an international
trend in support of the importance of the early childhood experience for enhancing cognitive …

Research in science education is becoming increasingly cognizant of the possibility that
significant science education can begin as early as kindergarten and should be given much …

Worrying underlying trends in young people's interest in science and science-based
technologies were highlighted by an European Union High Level Group report (2004). Two …