TY - GEN
T1 - Research projects in science education for preschool, evolution, and results in curriculum development, evaluation tools, and teacher workshops.
AU - López-Tavares, Diana
AU - Ramírez-Díaz, Mario
AU - Zúñiga-Martínez, Soraida
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, American Association of Physics Teachers. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The national preschool curriculum in Mexico considers 80 hours for learning science during the school year. Early child science education is essential for developing skills and positive attitudes toward science. However, for the instruction to be successful, teachers must have adequate knowledge of science and science didactic. In the case of Mexico, preschool science curriculum and teacher preparation are insufficient. There are few professional development courses for in-service and pre-service teachers, and the material and textbooks for this educational level is limited. The Department of Physics Education of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico had different projects that involve the design of curriculum, experiment manuals, evaluation tools, postgrad thesis, and teacher professional development workshops. This work presents the results and analysis of the evolution of these projects and their influence in classrooms.
AB - The national preschool curriculum in Mexico considers 80 hours for learning science during the school year. Early child science education is essential for developing skills and positive attitudes toward science. However, for the instruction to be successful, teachers must have adequate knowledge of science and science didactic. In the case of Mexico, preschool science curriculum and teacher preparation are insufficient. There are few professional development courses for in-service and pre-service teachers, and the material and textbooks for this educational level is limited. The Department of Physics Education of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico had different projects that involve the design of curriculum, experiment manuals, evaluation tools, postgrad thesis, and teacher professional development workshops. This work presents the results and analysis of the evolution of these projects and their influence in classrooms.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113919681&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Lopez-Tavares
DO - 10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Lopez-Tavares
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85113919681
SN - 9781931024372
T3 - Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
SP - 297
EP - 302
BT - Physics Education Research Conference, PERC 2020
A2 - Wolf, Steven
A2 - Bennett, Michael
A2 - Frank, Brian
PB - American Association of Physics Teachers
T2 - Physics Education Research Conference, PERC 2020
Y2 - 22 July 2020 through 23 July 2020
ER -