An Engagement-Focused Framework for Evaluating Storybooks for Young Children's Science Vocabulary Learning

Autor/inn/en	Son, Seung-Hee Claire; Opatz, Margaret Osgood; Rush, Elisabeth Dibble
Titel	An Engagement-Focused Framework for Evaluating Storybooks for Young Children's Science Vocabulary Learning
Quelle	In: Reading Teacher, 77 (2023) 2, S.178-188 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Son, Seung-Hee Claire) ORCID (Opatz, Margaret Osgood)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0561
DOI	10.1002/trtr.2224
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Teachers; Young Children; Story Reading; Books; Science Instruction; Vocabulary Development; Evaluation; Learner Engagement; Reading Aloud to Others; Curriculum; Teaching Methods; Scientific Concepts; Reading Material Selection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Wortschatzarbeit; Evaluierung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Given the emerging evidence on the importance of learning content-specific vocabulary in the early years, many early childhood teachers try to incorporate science vocabulary teaching as part of classroom activities. In this article, the authors argue for the importance of teaching science vocabulary in engaging ways using read-aloud and the usefulness of narrative informational storybooks as an engaging tool to introduce and build science concept knowledge and vocabulary. The authors show how to evaluate and select texts that can be effectively used for explicit and embedded teaching of science vocabulary, based on an engagement-focused framework. The framework targets four aspects of engagement: concept learning engagement, word learning engagement, emotional engagement, and social engagement. The engagement framework empowers teachers to determine which science storybooks are appropriate and how to use them to teach science concepts and vocabulary. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01