This article is to develop early science education goals for achieving scientific literacy. It searches for definitions on scientific literacy and examine the aims. First, results of definitions on scientific literacy are as follows. Definitions on s...
This article is to develop early science education goals for achieving scientific literacy. It searches for definitions on scientific literacy and examine the aims. First, results of definitions on scientific literacy are as follows. Definitions on scientific literacy are ① science ; nature of science, scientific knowledge, scientific skills, inquiry of science ② relationships of science ; the relationships between science and technology, society, life, and the other subject matters ③ A learner ; interests, understanding on surroundings, communications and decision making, lifelong learning. Second, the results of analyzing and setting goals of early science are as follows ; ㆍ Science Itself Area - 1) understandings of basic science area, 2) learning basic process of science area, 3) scientific attitude area ㆍ A Relation with Science Area - 1)science- Technology- Society(STS) area, 2) contributions of science area ㆍ A learner area - 1)abilities and skills development area, 2)attitude development area