Introduction of famous scientists in Science to pre-school children by demonstration method
Session
Education and Development
Description
In this study, short life stories of famous scientists and their contributions to the field of science were examined by means of demonstration method as a teaching method. For this purpose, three scientists were selected and prepared power point presentation about each one. The application was made with a group of pre-school students attending a private kindergarten under the Ministry of National Education (MEB) at the 2016-2017 Academic Year. This study was designed as a single group pre-test, post-test experimental model. The data obtained from data collection tools was analysed quantitatively. According to this, it can be said that the demonstration method is very effective for pre-school children to learn the short life stories of the scientists and knowing their contributions to the science.
Keywords:
Science education, Pre-school, Scientists, Demonstration method
Session Chair
Fatbardha Qehaj
Session Co-Chair
Halil Bashota
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-54-7
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2017 4:00 PM
End Date
28-10-2017 5:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.130
Recommended Citation
Avar, Gokcen and Ilican, Saliha, "Introduction of famous scientists in Science to pre-school children by demonstration method" (2017). UBT International Conference. 130.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/130
Introduction of famous scientists in Science to pre-school children by demonstration method
Durres, Albania
In this study, short life stories of famous scientists and their contributions to the field of science were examined by means of demonstration method as a teaching method. For this purpose, three scientists were selected and prepared power point presentation about each one. The application was made with a group of pre-school students attending a private kindergarten under the Ministry of National Education (MEB) at the 2016-2017 Academic Year. This study was designed as a single group pre-test, post-test experimental model. The data obtained from data collection tools was analysed quantitatively. According to this, it can be said that the demonstration method is very effective for pre-school children to learn the short life stories of the scientists and knowing their contributions to the science.