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KAK3023: SYC
REVIEW & DISCUSSIONS
KAK3023: COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course, you are able to:
1. Apply the constructivists theory by Jean Piaget & Lev Vygotsky into
the teaching of science in preschools and taskas .
2. Analyze the importance, effects, and needs to teach science to YC
esp. towards developing their ability to inquire/ask questions, using
basic science process skills, enhancing their critical and creative
thinking skills, as well as investigating and discovering how things
work in their environment.
3. Plan and produce good quality science activities through service
learning projects.
4. Communicate effectively in English in class discussion
5. Collaborate with classmates and others
6. Acquire professional ethics and attitude towards ECCE career.
7. Be more confident and knowledgeable in teaching science and stem
education to young children
TOPICS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THIS COURSE
1. What is science for young children?
Why is science important to young children?
What is the nature of science that is so appropriate for
young children? Can you give some examples?
Science is about the study of nature and natural phenomena that is
happening all around us. For examples: the rain, the water, the soil, the
cloud, the air, the trees, animals, living and non living things, the sun,
the planet and the stars, the technologies we use everyday, etc.
Because children are very curious and love to explore and play with
things around them. They want to know how things work, what they
are, and what they can do with them.
For example: the sand and the rocks and the pebbles: what they
can do with the sand, and the rocks, or the pebbles they can
make shapes, they can roll or staked together, make some
arrangement or drawing, etc.
TOPICS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THIS COURSE
2. Theories related to how young children learn science (Piaget &
Vygotsky) Constructivist Theory
(i) Piagets theory Children construct kledge thru active involvement
(ii) Vygotskys theory Children construct kledge thru involvement and
social interaction
How young children learn science from the view of the Constructivist
theory?
According to Piaget (Constructivist theory) children learn through hands-on experiences using real
materials so that children will be able to construct their own understanding of the concepts from
the experiences.
New information can be constructed into childrens existing cognitive structures or schema
(schemata) in two ways: assimilation and accommodation.
For example, children learns about seed germination, they learn that banana do not produce seeds.
There are big seeds and there are small seeds, and that seed is the thing that will grow into a new
plant.
Or when they learn about living things, they know that teddy bear and toy are not a living thing.
They construct new knowledge continuously from the environment and through learning
experiences they have in schools.
When they play with sand or water, they also learn about making sand castle, or various other
shapes. But they can only construct these shapes with wet sand, not with dry sand.
This is how children construct knowledge when they learn science in Constructivist classroom
Constructivist Teaching Strategies PIDL
Learners must be independent thinkers (cognitive)
Learners create their own knowledge
Learners should be independent thinkers
Learners expected to understand in addition to
knowing
Learners are expected to question, question
Learners work in teams
Learning is active & student-centered
PIDL eliminates
learners boredom
by engaging
HOTS/KBAT
TOPICS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THIS CLASS
Predicting Classifying
BSPS
Inferring Communicating
Measuring,
Using no.
6. STEM Education:
Write a lesson plan to teach STEM education using
PIDL
STEM project using PIDL 4 steps: Inquiry,
Investigate, Create, Discuss & Reflect.
For e.g. : Topic on Light and shadow (Tutorial 10)
How to write lesson plan for STEM Project on the
topic Light and shadow or recycle, etc.
PIDL SCIENCE/STEM PROJECT ON RECYCLE
(REUSE)
STEM
PROJECT
ON
RECYCLE
Why is shadows so
scary? Is shadow a
ghost?
Why do our shadow
follow us when we
walk?
INVESTIGATION STAGE:
How is shadow form? When do we get to see shadows?
How can we make shadows of different sizes?
Can we touch/catch the shadow?
SEE BELOW SOME OF THE ACTIVIITES THAT WE HAD DONE IN THIS CLASS
Where do you get shadows?
How does shadow forms?
SHADOW DANCING
Shine a light on a wall and encourage your
children to dance. Have children notice that
the shadows on the wall are also dancing.
Where is the sun?
Shadow is not always black!
SHADOW PLAY?
CREATE STAGE: is when you make the object/thinks or solve the problems
DISCUSS AND REFLECT STAGE: is when you talk about the discovery and
reflect on your experiences.
SUMMARY: THE PIDL CYCLES INVOLVES
i-THINK innovative thinking
CONTOH I-THINK: CONCEPT MAP
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