What Do Brazilian School Children Know about Birds in Their Country?

Autor/inn/en	Bartoszeck, Amauri B.; Vandrovieski, Waldinéia; Tratch, Vanessa; Czelusniak, Franciane; Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
Titel	What Do Brazilian School Children Know about Birds in Their Country?
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 7 (2018) 3, S.485-499 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	Animals; Elementary School Students; Preschool Children; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Level; Freehand Drawing; Observation; Learning Processes; Animal Behavior; Science Education; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Wissensbasis; Drawing; Zeichnen; Beobachtung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Tierverhalten; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Brasilien
Abstract	Children have a basic knowledge of birds that they observe during their everyday life either in their garden, other gardens, round the house, walking in the local area or in the yard on school gardens. A total of 515 children, aged 3 to 16 (249 girls and 266 boys) enrolled in southern Brazilian public preschools, primary school and secondary schools, were invited to participate in this exploratory study. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 206 pupils asking to name which birds they knew, where they had seen these birds, which ones live around home, which they had seen further away. Additionally, they were asked which birds they knew from a list and the source of this knowledge where they had learned about the birds. They were asked to draw on a sheet of paper a representation of what the word "bird" meant to them. Results show the importance of everyday observations rather than beyond formal education in the children knowledge. Children from the earliest years notice birds in their everyday lives and build a bank of knowledge, gradually acquiring an understanding of adaptation to a variety of habitats. Children notice birds in their lives to differing extent and sources according to the culture in which they are immersed. Experiences of seeing or finding out about birds are encapsulated for many children in the form of narratives and contribute to their mental models of birds and their habitats on which they will drew in formal science later (Biology and Environmental Education). Educational implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01