Principles of Selection and Compilation of Science Education Contents for Preschool Children
The content should follow the principles of scientific, enlightening, systematic, contemporary, local and seasonal.
1. scientific principle: it means that the selected content must conform to scientific principles, proceed from the whole nature and correctly explain the related natural phenomena and things in preschool children's lives according to objective laws.
2. Enlightenment principle: It means that the selected content must conform to the knowledge, experience and cognitive development level of preschool children, so that preschool children can achieve their educational goals through certain efforts with the help of teachers.
3. Systematic principle: It means that the selected science education contents are arranged according to the cognitive rules from near to far, from simple to complex, from concrete to abstract, and from known to unknown.
4. The principle of the times refers to the selection and compilation of science education content according to the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, so that the selected content can keep up with the development of the times and science and technology and face modernization.
5. The principle of locality: that is, the selection of science education content should be related to the local natural environment and cultural background.
6. Seasonal principle: This means that the content of science education should be selected in combination with the seasonal changes. Choosing the content of science education according to the seasonal principle can not only enrich and deepen preschool children's overall understanding of seasons, but also help preschool children understand the relationship between things and seasons.
The characteristics of preschool children's science education content;
① Guide preschool children to know the surrounding environment and the human body itself;
(2) let preschool children feel science and technology and advocate science;
③ While knowing the surrounding environment, carry out environmental education;
(4) Combining the understanding of the attributes of a single object with the understanding of the diversity of objects;
⑤ Take materials from preschool children.