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1、ThoughtsAboutTeachingScienceandMathematicsToYoungChildrenAlanKayVPRIMemoM-2007-003-aViewpointsResearchInstitute,1209GrandCentralAvenue,Glendale,CA91201t:(818)332-3001f:(818)244-9761ViewpointsResearchInstituteMemoThoughtsAboutTeachingScienceandMathema
2、ticsToYoungChildrenbyAlanKayWhenteachingscience,wehavetheimportantconflictbetweentheempiricalandmodel-basedapproachofmodernscienceandthebelief-baseddogmaofreligion.Thisisparticularlycriticalbecausetherearetoomanyimportantresultsinscienceforeachandeve
3、ryonetobelearnedthroughpersonalexperiment,andmanyrequiretoolsthatarebeyondmostindividualsandschools.So,mostpeopleincludingscientistscontactscienceviareadingandhearingaboutresultsratherthanverifyingtheexperimentsthemselves.Muchworse,mostchildrenaretau
4、ghtscienceasakindofhearsaycatechismof"thisistrueandmustbebelieved".Scientistsescapetoalargeextentfromsimplebeliefbyhavingdoneenoughrealexperimentation,modelingbuildingusingmathematicsthatsuggestsnewexperiments,etc.,torealizethatscienceismorelikemap-m
5、akingforrealnavigatorsthanbible-making:IOW,themapsneedtobeasaccurateaspossiblewithannotationsforerrorsandkindsofmeasurements,donebycompetentmap-makersratherthanstorytellers,andtheyarealwayssubjecttoimprovementandrediscovery:theynevercompletelyreprese
6、nttheterritorytheyaretryingtomap,etc.Manyofuswhohavingbeenlearninghowtohelpchildrenbecomescientists(thatistobeabletothinkandactasscientistssomeofthetime)havegatheredevidencewhichshowsthathelpingchildrenactuallydorealscienceattheearliestpossibleagesis
7、thebestknownwaytohelpthemmovefromsimplebeliefsindogmatothemoreskeptical,empiricallyderivedmodelsofscience.Wealsoknowfromthelastcenturyofcarefulobservationofchildrenthattheythinkinwaysthataredifferentfromadults,andasPiagetpointedout,itisbesttothinkofc
8、hildrenasthinkingbeingsintheirownrightratherthanas"defectiveadultswhohavetobefixedbyeducation".And,further,childrenthemselvesarenothomogenousintheirapproachestolifeandlearning:theyhavedifferentstyles,reasonsforwhytheywanttodothings,whatkindsofplaythe
