Early science education - [electronic resource] goals and process-related quality criteria for science teaching / Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy, Sabina Pauen, Jörg Ramseger, Beate Sodian, and Mirjam Steffensky.

Preface / Natalie von Siemens and Michael Fritz - Foreword / Russell Tytler - Introduction - Summary of key findings of the expert reports - A. Goals of science education between the ages of three and six and their assessment - Theoretical assumptions ; Goals at the level of the children ; Goals at the level of early childhood professionals ; Conclusion and recommendations / Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy, Sabina Pauen and Mirjam Steffensky - B. Goals of science education at primary school age and their assessment - Theoretical assessment / Mirjam Steffensky, Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy and Beate Sodian - Goals at the level of the children ; Goals at the level of the pedagogical staff ; Conclusion and recommendations / Yvonne Anders, Ilonca Hardy, Beate Sodian and Mirjam Steffensky - C. Process-related quality criteria for science teaching: ten criteria for effective didactic action at pre-primary and primary level - Introduction ; The goal of science teaching ; Learning-theory and didactic premises ; Scientific reasoning at primary school age ; Quality criteria ; Relevance and hierarchy of the individual criteria ; Outlook / Jörg Ramseger - Conclusion and outlook: how the "Haus der kleinen Forscher" Foundation uses these findings - Recommendations from the expert reports as a basis for the Foundation's substantive offerings - Contribution of the Foundation to professionalisation in early education in the educational domains of science, technology, computer science, and mathematics - Further development of process quality through the Foundation's certification procedure - Outlook: Measurement of the outcomes of science education - References - Appendix I. Goals of science education for children aged between three and ten years - Appendix II. Goals of science education for teachers and educators of children between the ages of three and ten years.

This fifth volume in the series focuses on goals of science education at the level of the children, the early childhood professionals, and the pedagogical staff at after-school centres and primary schools, and on process-related quality criteria for science teaching at pre-primary and primary level.