幼兒經歷科學相關方案想法展現之研究

A study on the development of young children's ideas while experiencing science-related projects

李昭賢(Chao-Hsien-Li)

指導教授 ： 簡淑真

國立臺灣師範大學/教育學院/人類發展與家庭學系/碩士(2003年)

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關鍵字

主題式課程 ； 幼兒教育 ； 幼兒的想法/概念

並列摘要

A Study on the development of young children’s ideas while experiencing science-related projects
Abstract
This research scrutinizes thoroughly the natural environment of the preschool classroom to explore how the various interactive social aspects can impact the young children on building meaningful knowledge, capabilities and attitudes of themselves; therefore, the goals of this research are to analyze the thinking process of the young children before activities; the actual thinking process and the expansion of that thinking during activities and the change of thinking after the activities which means the explanatory comments on the thinking process after the young children experience science-related subjects.
The target young children of this research are in the “Little Fish Class” in “Ocean Preschool” at Da-An District of Taipei City. The main teaching mode of this Preschool is based on “thematic curriculum”, there are activities on the side to help the young children to explore more extensively into the theme that is being taught. The teachers and the students of the “Little Fish Class” discussed and decided on their current theme at the last semester. During the conduction of this research, the main theme was “Scientific Games”, however, other minor themes also came to surface when the young children started to show their interests in them. Based on the limitation of capability of this researcher, only two minor themes were being chosen: “rope” and “car track”. The main research material of this report came from the analysis of the young children’ thinking process when they experiences with the minor themes. The researcher observed the class for two months, there were three mornings of observation period in each week, also there were interviews with the teachers and the students in the afternoons. The researcher maintained a harmonious relationship with the teachers and the students during the research period.
The main findings of this research are as follow:
1. Starting from the interests of the young children and through the experience of group discussion to lead to the development of the minor themes.
2. If there is a “leader” in the group, this young child can influence the group by pushing the activity in progress or ending it.
3. A young child learns when he overcomes his most difficult problem.
4. Young children love to be repetitive in their acts.
5. There are some distinct characteristics in young children’ thinking: (1) They think intuitively;(2)They judge after they visualize the changing process;(3)Using “analogy” to come up with solutions to problems;(4)Possess personified languages;(5)Possess many misconceptions.
6. During the process of problem solving, the young children tend to solve the problems in different ways based on their perceptions of different focal points and conditions of the problems.
Key words: thematic curriculum, preschool education, young children’ ideas/concept

並列關鍵字

thematic curriculum ； preschool education ； young children's ideas/conception