Just for your information, these are just very brief notes for my own reference purpose, if you are thinking of getting elaborate details, I don’t think you can find it here.

Science is:

• A process
• A body of knowledge and associated to the world in which we live
• Sets of ideas
• Sets of attitude

Early years science:

• Cognitive development – knowledge and understanding
• Conative development – practical aspects of the development of scientific skills
• Affective development – emotional, social, cultural, and moral development

How children learn about science

• Curiosity
• Anxiety about the unexplained
• Pleasure in discovering
• Self-efficacy and learning

Multiple learning pathway

• Conscious thinking – aware of doing, use of language and information
• Unconscious thinking/implicit learning – no language involved, imagining, “pattern seeking”, usage of metaphor

Multiple Intelligences Theory

1. Logical-mathematical
2. Linguistic
3. Musical/rhythmic
4. Spatial/visual
5. Bodily kinesthetics
6. Interpersonal
7. Intrapersonal
8. Naturalist