Contemporary perspectives on science and technology in early childhood education / edited by Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek. - Charlotte, NC : IAP-Information Age Pub., c2008. - xvi, 186 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : the reciprocity between science and technology / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek -- Scientific and technological literacy research : principles and practices / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek -- Early childhood science process skills : social and developmental considerations / Ithel Jones, Vickie E. Lake, and Miranda Lin -- Knowledge acquisition as conceptual change : the case of a theory of biology / Grady J. Venville -- Affect and early childhood science education / Michalinos Zembylas -- New technologies in early childhood : partners in play? / Doris Bergen -- Engineers and storytellers : using robotic manipulatives to develop technological fluency in early childhood / Marina S. Bers -- Mathematics and technology : supporting learning for students and teachers / Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama -- Vocabulary learning by computer in kindergarten : the possibilities of interactive vocabulary books / Eliane Segers and Anne Vermeer -- A future research agenda for early childhood science and technology / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek.

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