Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101131

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101131

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

An investigation into the relations between imaginary situations and scientific abstractions in preschool digital play. Imaginative play is the leading activity of preschoolers. But imagination is also important in scientific work, for example in the work of Niels Bohr and Barbara McClintock. Aided through digital tablet technology to create animations of scientific learning, this study examines how imaginative play helps children to imagine scientific explanations not visibly supported in real life, such as the Earth circling the Sun, or science concepts not directly observable, such as, how sugar dissolves faster in hot water. Studying imagination in play and imagination in science will contribute to new understandings about the nature of science teaching in preschools.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-03-2014

End Date: 21-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $290,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy | Curriculum and Pedagogy |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Pedagogy

Other Keywords

Curriculum and Pedagogy | Pedagogy | Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy

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