A Survey of the Scope of the Competencies and Perceptions  of 6–7 Year-old Children About Astronomical Objects, Phenomena and the Discovered Cyclicity in Them Cover Image

Проучване обхвата на компетентностите и представите на 6–7-годишните деца относно астрономическите обекти, явления и откритата цикличност в тях
A Survey of the Scope of the Competencies and Perceptions of 6–7 Year-old Children About Astronomical Objects, Phenomena and the Discovered Cyclicity in Them

Author(s): Stanislava V. Todorova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Preschool education, School education
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: interview; preschoolers; nature; surrounding environment; celestial bodies

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of the results of a structured interview with children aged 6–7, on the scope of their competencies related to their ideas – in general for nature and the world, and in particular for space, the planet of the solar system and related processes and phenomena. The obtained results will help develop and test an educational astronomical program for children.