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Construction Technology in Preschool
The aim of the study is to describe what young children are offered to discern and actually discern through the construction technology in preschool, and in what way different constructions result in different learning affordances. Three different kinds of constructions were studied; house, vehicle and towers. The variety of objects generates functional differences which affect what focus the children have on the constructions. 11 preschool teachers and 49 children aged 4-5 years old from three preschools participated. Data consists of video-recordings of five activities of construction technology and fieldnotes. The results show that differences in constructions implies different expressed focus and learning during the activities. Building a house resulted in a focus on how to make the building solid, water resistant and inspired the children to learn about different kinds of material for different purposes in a house, such as the ground, floor, walls and the importance to tilt the roof to get rid of water and snow. Building a vehicle inspired the children to talk about speed, movements and different kinds of fuel. Finally building towers resulted in a competition where they tried to build the highest tower. The importance to build the tower as straight as possible was found to be important to avoid that the tower collapses, and by that they focused on equilibrium and balance. The results show that different kind of construction activities can be used to create different focus in science learning during play in preschool.
Construction Technology in Preschool
The aim of the study is to describe what young children are offered to discern and actually discern through the construction technology in preschool, and in what way different constructions result in different learning affordances. Three different kinds of constructions were studied; house, vehicle and towers. The variety of objects generates functional differences which affect what focus the children have on the constructions. 11 preschool teachers and 49 children aged 4-5 years old from three preschools participated. Data consists of video-recordings of five activities of construction technology and fieldnotes. The results show that differences in constructions implies different expressed focus and learning during the activities. Building a house resulted in a focus on how to make the building solid, water resistant and inspired the children to learn about different kinds of material for different purposes in a house, such as the ground, floor, walls and the importance to tilt the roof to get rid of water and snow. Building a vehicle inspired the children to talk about speed, movements and different kinds of fuel. Finally building towers resulted in a competition where they tried to build the highest tower. The importance to build the tower as straight as possible was found to be important to avoid that the tower collapses, and by that they focused on equilibrium and balance. The results show that different kind of construction activities can be used to create different focus in science learning during play in preschool.
Construction Technology in Preschool
Thorshag, Kristina (author) / Holmqvist, Mona (author)
2017-01-01
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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