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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching Nature of Science to Pre-Service Early Childhood Teachers through an Explicit Reflective Approach
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Cil, Emine – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2014
In this study, fifteen pre-service early childhood teachers' views of nature of science (NOS) were analysed. The student teachers took a course where NOS was taught via explicit reflective approach. The explicit reflective approach advocates that goal of improving students' NOS views should be planned for instead of being anticipated as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Student Teachers
A Study to Understand the Role of Visual Arts in the Teaching and Learning of Science
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Dhanapal, Saroja; Kanapathy, Ravi; Mastan, Jamilah – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2014
This research was carried out to understand the role of visual arts in the teaching and learning of science among Grade 3 teachers and students. A mixture of qualitative and quantitative research design was used to discover the different perceptions of both teachers and students on the role of visual arts in science. The data for the research was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Arts, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science