This article serves as a critical approach to both the emergence and the identity formation of
Early Childhood Science Education (ECSE) as a new scientific field, consolidated within the …

Children's everyday activities enable them to learn some science even before entering
preschool education and children bring these ideas with them when entering education …

This paper focuses on young children's scientific preconceptions and discusses teachers'
identification of these preconceptions when teaching science in the early years, on which …

The aim of the current study was to examine the way in which preschool children deal with
the concept of sound. For this purpose, a study was carried out in the context of detecting …

There has been a dearth of published research exploring the scientific ideas that young
children construct, particularly in prestigious periodicals in the science education genre. The …

This research paper seeks to determine 5-6 years-old pupils' representations about the
general characteristics of the elementary electricity, the electrical appliances and their …

In early childhood science education, analyzing and responding to children's
preconceptions are essential professional skills possessed by preschool teachers. This …

The aim of this study is to find out young Turkish students' opinions about living thing
concept in detail and to investigate the criteria used by the students to define this concept …

The aim of the current study is to examine how preschool children overcome their difficulties
regarding thermal expansion and contraction and construct in their minds a precursor …

This study investigated a) how teachers view children's ideas in science, b) if and how they
elicit young learners' thinking about natural phenomena and concepts, and c) what is the …