Book description
This book had it origins in the Primary and Early Childhood
Science and Technology Education Project (PECSTEP), which was based at the
University of Canberra from 1989. The project was initiated to tackle
the problems teachers were experiencing with their teaching of science in
schools and preschools, and its initial focus was on inservice education.
Many of the principles that underpinned the professional development program
were applied later in that first year to the parallel preservice course.
The project was notable for its explicit incorporation of a gender-sensitive
approach to teacher education in science, and for its foundations in
research on children's learning in science. Particularly influential
was the research output from the Centre of Science and Mathematics Education
Research at the University of Waikato, and the work of Roger Osborne, Peter
Freyberg and Fred Biddulph was seminal.
The book has been influenced by the work of Marilyn Fleer and Tim Hardy in
developing a K-3 science program for the curriculum corporation to support
the implementation of the national science statement and profile.
About the author
Marilyn Fleer and Tim Hardy are Associate Professors
of Education at the University of Canberra. Both authors have
taught and researched extensively in primary and early childhood science
education. They were co-authors of the K-3 science program for the
curriculum corporation which supported the national science statement
and profile.
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