Young Maltese Children's Ideas about Plants

Autor/inn/en	Gatt, Suzanne; Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale; Borg, Kurtsten; Lautier, Katya
Titel	Young Maltese Children's Ideas about Plants
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 41 (2007) 3, S.117-122 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
Schlagwörter	Plants (Botany); Student Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Early Childhood Education; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Information Sources; Biological Sciences; Malta + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflanze; Schülerverhalten; Wissensbasis; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Information source; Informationsquelle; Abwasserbiologie
Abstract	Fifty Maltese children, 25 in the second year of pre-school (4 years olds) and 25 in the first year of compulsory education (5 years old), were interviewed about their knowledge of plants. Analysis showed that they had a restricted understanding of the term, meaning something small, with a thin stalk, leaves and a flower. Trees, cacti and nettles were not classified as plants. Children's knowledge was observed to increase with age. Parents were identified as the main source of knowledge; schools were rarely mentioned. Maltese teachers should be made aware of children's limited knowledge about plants and they need to use readily available resources in schools to expose pre-school children to the plants in their immediate surroundings. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10