The Tool Kit for Early Childhood Science Education

由教育发展中心公司（EDC）制作的幼儿科学教育工具包是一套全面的材料，旨在改善3至5岁学龄前儿童的幼儿中心的科学教学和学习。这些材料支持管理人员、员工开发人员、教师和家庭发展他们需要的知识和技能，以便在他们的项目中向幼儿提供高质量的科学教育。该工具包为早期儿童和科学教育界提供了对幼儿能力的新认识，并为提高全国许多不同的早期儿童项目的科学教育质量提供了综合方法。具体来说，该工具包提供了：幼儿科学教学框架、三本课程指南（地球科学、物理科学和生命科学）、员工开发指南、幼儿项目管理人员支持材料、家长材料、课堂实践录像带。该项目的工作是基于数十年来对幼儿认知发展的研究得出的知识。以及对适合发展的实践的经验和研究。它以全国幼儿教育协会（NAEYC）的工作以及《国家科学教育标准》中所表达的科学和科学探究的观点为基础。最后，它借鉴了EDC内两个中心的工作，一个是拥有超过10年城市系统改革和科学课程教材开发经验的科学教育中心，另一个是拥有21年参与启智计划的儿童与家庭中心。这些材料将在波士顿地区的五个早期儿童中心进行试点，并将在全国30个早期儿童中心的100多个教室中进行现场测试。

9818737WORTHThe Tool Kit for Early Childhood Science Education, produced by the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) is a comprehensive set of materials designed to improve science teaching and learning in early childhood centers for preschool children ages 3 to 5. The materials support administrators, staff developers, teachers, and families in developing the knowledge and skills they need to bring quality science education to the young children in their programs. The Tool Kit provides the early childhood and science education communities with a new understanding of young children's capabilities and a comprehensive approach to improving the quality of science education in the many and varied early childhood programs throughout the country.Specifically the Tool Kit Provides:A Framework for Early Childhood Science InstructionThree Curriculum Guides (Earth, Physical, and Life Science)A Guide For Staff DevelopersSupport Materials for Early Childhood Program AdministratorsParent MaterialsVideotapes of Classroom PracticeThe work of this project is based on the knowledge that has emerged from decades of research into the cognitive development of young children, as well as experience and research into developmentally appropriate practice. It is grounded in the work of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the views of science and scientific inquiry as expressed in the National Science Education Standards. Finally, it draws from work of two centers within EDC, the Center for Science Education with over 10 years of experience working on urban systemic reform and developing curriculum materials in science, and the Center for Children & Families with 21 years of involvement with Head Start. The materials will be piloted in five early childhood centers in the Boston area and will be field tested in over one hundred classrooms in 30 early childhood centers from across the country.