A Whale of an Interest in Sea Creatures: The Learning Potential of Excursions

Autor/in	Hedges, Helen
Titel	A Whale of an Interest in Sea Creatures: The Learning Potential of Excursions
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research & Practice, 6 (2004) 1, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-5039
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Field Trips; Preschool Children; Knowledge Level; Inquiry; Science Instruction; Animals; Preschool Teachers; Kindergarten; Case Studies; Parents; Focus Groups; Photography; Preschool Curriculum; Curriculum Design; Interviews; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Exkursion; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Wissensbasis; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Eltern; Fotografie; Lehrplangestaltung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Neuseeland
Abstract	Excursions, or field trips, are a common component of early childhood programs, seen as a means of enriching the curriculum by providing experiences with people, places, and things in the community. Although excursions have been used as a framework for research on children's memory development, research on the efficacy of excursions in terms of their potential to extend young children's learning is rare. This article discusses 4-year-old children's knowledge and inquiry resulting from an excursion to an "Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World." Children's knowledge and interest in sea creatures and penguins, features of the excursion setting's construction, learning orientations toward science and technology, and further inquiry stimulated by the excursion are illustrated. Dialogue opportunities and children's and teachers' subject content knowledge are highlighted as contributors to meaningful learning resulting from the excursion experience. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01