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Teaching Approaches in Preschool Education: A Research Synthesis Paper
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Abstract
In preschool education, teachers will use some scattered and basic teaching approaches to help children broaden their sensory boundaries and collect information to support the teaching in science education. Children’s understanding of scientific concepts needs to be complemented by richer teaching approaches, such as imagination and drama; Or a more complete teaching mode or teaching stage. Teaching moment and teaching forms also affect children’s understanding of scientific concepts, but so far the researches has not been thoroughly discussed. Different teaching moments in the teaching process will produce different effects. Providing scientific concepts or detailed explanations at appropriate moment will facilitate understanding of the concepts. In terms of forms, discourse and body language fuse together to facilitate children’s understanding of scientific concepts.
Keywords
teaching approach, scientific concepts, teaching moment
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Cao,L. (2023). Teaching Approaches in Preschool Education: A Research Synthesis Paper. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,12,1-7.
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