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The discourse on science education during the current decade has continuously referred to the significance of cross-curricular twenty-first century skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, design and engineering skills, creativity, and ICT literacy (Craft, 2005, pp. 56–57; Webb & Rule, 2012, p. 379). The worldwide debate of educational stakeholders has highlighted the need to revive and reinforce the above-mentioned skills and competences for the next generation to complement their content-based school learning.
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Havu-Nuutinen, S., Sporea, D., Sporea, A. (2017). Inquiry and Creativity Approaches in Early-Years Science Education. In: Kimonen, E., Nevalainen, R. (eds) Reforming Teaching and Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-917-1_4
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