We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Age-appropriate Astronomy.
- Authors
DeVries, Rheta
- Abstract
The article offers information on the view shared by Rheta DeVries, professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa, regarding age-appropriate astronomy. She believes that the topic is appropriate for preschool children and not suited for kindergarten or first grade, either. She stresses that good physical science phenomena which involve movement of objects should be observable, producible by a child's action, variable in response to a child's action and immediate in its reaction. Presented are the detail of the issue.
- Subjects
IOWA; EARLY childhood education; PRESCHOOL children; FIRST grade (Education); SPACE sciences; SCIENCE education; SPACE exploration; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; ASTRONOMY
- Publication
Science & Children, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0036-8148
- Publication type
Article