Abstract Argumentation as a scientific practice has largely been examined along an
epistemic and/or dialogic perspective in science education research. Both perspectives …

Abstract The implementation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) at school is one of the challenges of education in the twenty-first century, especially …

Aun con sus dificultades y limitaciones, el aprendizaje por indagación está considerado uno
de los enfoques didácticos más idóneos para aprender ciencia haciendo ciencia. A fin de …

Background This work is based on the idea that young children benefit from early
introduction of scientific concepts. Few researches describe didactical strategies focusing on …

The early childhood years include a special time of growth and discovery, and science
education provides a wealth of opportunities for building on young children's experiences …

Verbal text and images constitute the principal semiotic modes interacting to produce
interpersonal meanings in multimodal science texts for young children. These meanings …

Background Children's interactions are inherently multimodal. Accordingly, when children
engage in science in classroom communities, their interactions are grounded in material …

Purpose Learning science in early years can cultivate children's curiosity and enjoyment in
exploring the world around them, laying the foundation for the progression of science …

The present article contains a reanalysis of data resulting from a research project carried out
on a group of five preschool-aged children. The data were collected from a class of 16 …

This work uses new materialist perspectives (Barad 2007; Lenz Taguchi 2014; Rautio in
Children's Geographies, 11 (4), 394–408, 2013) to examine an exploration of concepts as …