Preschool children’s mental representations of clouds
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Journal of Baltic Science Education
2020
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nemertes-10889-141302022-09-05T20:20:28Z Preschool children’s mental representations of clouds - Fragkiadaki, Glykeria Ravanis, Konstantinos Φραγκιαδάκη, Γλυκερία Ραβάνης, Κωνσταντίνος Pupils’ representations Clouds Preschool education Science education Μαθητικές αναπαραστάσεις Σύννεφα 15;267-274 Children construct representations of concepts and physical phenomena and these representations are critical to education. The natural phenomenon of clouds is perceivable and also observable by young children in everyday life. Moreover, it is a subject approached by the early childhood science education curriculums. However, in several studies it is noticed that the related children’s representations are often incompatible with the scientific model, mainly because of its character, which is macroscopic and not immediately observable. In this research, clouds representationsframed by children aged 4.5-6 years old are studied. The sample consisted of sixteen (16) children (7 boys and 9 girls) from one public kindergarten in an urban area of Greece. Data were collected through expanded, open type conversations between children pairs and one of the researchers. The results of the qualitative analysis of the conversations show that these children use different types of representations, the majority dominated by the nature of the substance under study. The outcome of the research results indicates the potentials of preschool children to perceive clouds as autonomous natural entities. 2020-10-21T16:32:24Z 2020-10-21T16:32:24Z 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10889/14130 en application/pdf Journal of Baltic Science Education |
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Pupils’ representations Clouds Preschool education Science education Μαθητικές αναπαραστάσεις Σύννεφα Fragkiadaki, Glykeria Ravanis, Konstantinos Preschool children’s mental representations of clouds |
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Journal of Baltic Science Education |
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