ERIC_NO:
ED423134
TITLE:
A Head Start on Science: Improving the Capacity of Families and Teachers To Promote and Enhance the Lives of Children. Spotlight on Student Success,
No. 204.
AUTHOR:
Hammrich, Penny L.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1998
ABSTRACT:
This digest provides an overview of the Head Start on Science (HSS) program which is designed to encourage the science literacy of preschool
children in Head Start programs and to improve the capacity of Head Start
teachers, assistants, and parents. The overall goal of the HSS program
is threefold: (1) to broaden HSS participants' science knowledge and
conceptions; (2) to enhance participants' ability to use scientific inquiry;
and (3) to integrate the HSS program into the core curriculum. In addition
to an overview of the program, the program research base is summarized,
program components are described, findings of the project are highlighted,
and implications of the project are discussed. (Author/DDR)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Concept Formation; Inquiry; Science Curriculum; Scientific Literacy;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Hands on Science; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Preschool Education; Professional Development; Science Activities; Science Education; Science Programs; Scientific Methodology
;
IDENTIFIERS:
Project Head Start
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
141