Searching for scientific Mozarts: get em' while they're young
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Article Title | Searching for scientific Mozarts: get em' while they're young |
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Article Category | Blog |
Authors | Donovan, Jennifer (Author), Haeusler, Carole (Author) and Stewart, Ian (Author) |
Publication Title | The Conversation |
Journal Citation | 18 June 2013, pp. 1-4 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
Web Address (URL) | https://theconversation.com/searching-for-scientific-mozarts-get-em-while-theyre-young-15006 |
Abstract | To make a better society and economy, Australia needs a scientifically literate populace capable of making informed decisions. But traditionally, teaching the 'big ideas' in science only appears in the later years of high school. In the new Australian Curriculum: Science, the first mention of 'atoms' is in Year 9, when most students are already 14 years old. Is it possible that primary children, thought to be only concrete thinkers, can engage with abstract concepts such as atomic-molecular theory? |
Keywords | primary children; atomic-molecular theory; scientific literacy; big ideas of science |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
390304. Primary education | |
520401. Cognition | |
Public Notes | Copyright © 2010–2013, The Conversation Media Group. Articles in The Conversation are free to share or republish under Creative Commons. You must credit the publisher, and you can't edit our material or sell it separately. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood |
Faculty of Education | |
No affiliation | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2847/searching-for-scientific-mozarts-get-em-while-they-re-young
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