The Tool Kit for Early Childhood Science Education

9818737WORTThe Tool Kit for Early Childhood Science Education，produced by the Education Development Center，Inc. (EDC)是一套全面的材料，旨在改善幼儿中心3至5岁学龄前儿童的科学教学和学习。 这些材料支持管理人员，工作人员开发人员，教师和家庭发展他们需要的知识和技能，为他们的计划中的幼儿提供优质的科学教育。 该工具包为幼儿和科学教育界提供了对幼儿能力的新认识，并为提高全国各地许多不同幼儿方案中的科学教育质量提供了一种综合方法。幼儿科学教学的框架--三个课程指南（地球，物理，（生命科学）幼儿园工作人员指南幼儿园项目管理人员支持材料家长材料课堂实践录像带本项目的工作是基于对幼儿认知发展的数十年研究所获得的知识，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）的工作和国家科学教育标准中表达的科学和科学探究的观点为基础。 最后，它借鉴了EDC内的两个中心的工作，科学教育中心拥有10多年的城市系统改革和开发科学课程材料的经验，以及儿童家庭中心有21年的参与开端。 这些材料将在波士顿地区的五个幼儿中心进行试点，并将在全国30个幼儿中心的100多个教室进行实地测试。

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.