Research of Awakening Scientific Cognition as seen in Young Children's Activities in a, Natural Environment

这项研究考察了青少年活动中科学认知的觉醒。自然环境中的儿童1.对日本的幼儿园进行了一项问卷调查。结果发现，大多数幼儿园都愿意系统地将科学活动纳入其托儿活动中。调查还发现，大多数幼儿园正在练习以下四项活动：水彩游戏、肥皂泡游戏、制作泥球和在沙子里玩耍。对儿童日常托育活动中的话语进行了分析。结果，在每项活动中都发现了一些有助于提高科学意识的词语。在“肥皂泡游戏”中，能够帮助提高科学意识的词语在4到5岁的儿童中是不同的。在5岁儿童中，“玩一辆吹气就会动的纸车”是一种适合教育科学认知觉醒本身的学习工具。“面粉泥玩”、“水彩玩”、“肥皂泡泡玩”、“做泥球”、“沙玩”是提高科学认知觉醒基础知识的适宜学习工具。以幼儿园亲子班为例，“纸杯跳起来”、“橡子平衡玩具”、“肥皂泡泡游戏”等容易准备的活动，都适合用来培养觉醒的科学认知。

This study investigated the awakening of scientific cognition as seen in the activities of young. children in a natural environment.1. A questionnaire survey was conducted among kindergartens in Japan. As a result, it was found that most kindergartens would like to systematically include scientific activities in their child-care activities. It was also found most kindergartens are practicing the following four activities : "water color play " soap bubble play", "making mud balls", and " playing in the sand".2. The words of children during a daily child-care activities was analyzed. As a result, some words were found in each activity which could help raise scientific awareness. The words that could help raise scientific awareness during the "soap bubble play" differed between 4 and 5 year olds.3. Among 5 year olds, the "Playing with a paper car that moves when you blow on it "was a suitable learning tool to educate the awakening of science cognition itself. "Flour clay play, " water color play, " "soap bubble play, " "making mud balls, " "sand play" were suitable learning tools to raise the fundamental knowledge of wakening scientific cognition.4. In the case of parent-child classes held at the kindergarten, activities that are easy to prepare like "the paper cup that jumps up, " "the acorn balancing toy" and "soap bubble play" were suited to educate awakening scientific cognition.