Educational Environment and College Students: An Investiga_x005ftion of Scientific Literacy of Early Childhood Education students in two Chinese Normal Universities
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investigated the Scientific Literacy (SL) of Early Childhood Education students (ECEs) in two Chinese Normal Universities. Altogether 177
ECEs were surveyed and 5 ECEs were Semi-structured interviewed randomly. The results revealed that ECEs demonstrated unbalanced and
uneven scientific knowledge reserves. While they possessed positive attitudes in improving the SL, there was minimal progress in terms of
taking action. Clearly, school, family and society that so called educational environment had insufficient support for ECEs’ SL development.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i36.11925
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