Action Research On Science Education Activities In Kindergarten Based On Experiential Learning Theory

Experience is the way that children perceive the world and the essential process that children construct their experience.The aim of science education activities in kindergarten is to stimulate children's interest in exploring science and the world around them and to cultivate their learning qualities,constructing their own scientific knowledge and experience and developing their scientific literacy through self-exploration.The experiential learning theory emphasizes the learner's personal participation in the construction of knowledge with active exploration and reflection,which can produce personal internalization.Based on this theory,children should learn science through experience and it is of unique value and significance to carry out scientific education activities in kindergarten for children,teachers and activities.This study adopts action research and follows the principle of “theory—design—action—reflection—reaction--re-reflection”.Selecting a class from M kindergarten in Chongqingg and working with the kindergarten's research team members and teachers of the class in a research group to carry out cooperative research.In the introduction part of the Study: The researcher clarified the reason of this topic,summarized the literature on the basis of collecting data,defined the core concepts and cleared the research ideas and methods.The main contents of this study are as follows:The first part is the feasibility analysis of the application of experiential learning theory in kindergarten science education activities.The analysis is about the connotation of experiential learning theory,the cognitive characteristics of children's scientific activities and the characteristics of science education activities in kindergartens.The second part is the preparation for Action Research.It mainly includes the preparation and the design of action research.First,the researchers visited the kindergarten and interviewed the teachers,then revised and confirmed the action plan,and discussed the implementation plan with the cooperative teachers.The third part is the whole process of Action Research practice,which includes two rounds of implementation of the three action research activity plans and evaluation of Action Research.The evaluation of Action Research is carried out from two dimensions: activity process and activity effect.The process of activity includes the idea of activity,the atmosphere of activity and the form of activity;the effect of activity includes the development of children and the performance of teachers.The fourth part is the conclusion of Action Research.Based on the content and the evaluation of the whole Action Research,the researcher analyzed the results and concluded that: experiential learning theory promotes the effective development of science education activities in kindergarten;multi-situation experience activities increase the exploration interest of scientific activities of children;self-observation and sharing can cultivate children's good learning quality,spiral experiential learning can enrich children's scientific knowledge and experience,and teachers' scientific literacy and teaching methods can influence the quality of scientific education activities.The fifth part is the education suggestion.At the end of the Action Research,the researcher gives corresponding educational suggestions for the scientific education activities in kindergarten,which can be as reference: creating situations to activate children's emotional experience,guiding skillfully to deepening children's self-exploration,and creating atmosphere to encourage children's sharing and communication,expanding activities to support children's knowledge application.