Busting myths about science in early childhood education and care practice

Jen Jackson

Busting myths about science in early childhood education and care practice

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

This article explains how simple and effective it is to integrate science into Early Childhood Education and Care practice, debunking several myths about the science of early childhood pedagogy along the way.

Original language	English
Journal	Every Child
Volume	28
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

early childhood education
pedagogy
science

Disciplines

Science and Mathematics Education
Early Childhood Education

Access to Document

https://www.edresearch.edu.au/articles/busting-myths-about-science-early-childhood-education-and-care-practice

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