From preschoolers’ ideas about decomposition, domestic garbage fate and recycling to the objectives of a constructivist learning environment in this contex

dc.creator	MARIDA ERGAZAKI
dc.creator	VASSILIKI ZOGZA
dc.creator	ANASTASIA GREKOU
dc.date	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:16Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:16Z
dc.identifier	1791-261X
dc.identifier	1792-3999
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/eb77199ec5674b4c9c73a86b31fd6206
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12643
dc.description	This study is concerned with tracing young children’s ideas about the biological process of decomposition, as well as about everyday waste management, and with using these ideas for shaping the objectives of a potentially effective learning environment in the theoretical context of constructivism. Conducting individual, semi-structured interviews with 28 preschoolers (age 5-6) of 2 public kindergartens at the area of Patras, we traced their ideas about (a) decomposition of organic materials and man-made ones, (b) domestic garbage and their fate after being removed from the house and collected by the garbage trucks, and (c) recycling and its usefulness. The findings of the tracing phase, as well as the shift from these to the objectives of a learning environment for promoting a better understanding of the topic in question and get children engaged in environmentally responsible everyday practices, are thoroughly discussed in the paper.
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.publisher	Metaichmio Publications
dc.relation	http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/review/papers/3_1/3_5.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1791-261X
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1792-3999
dc.source	Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 99-121 (2009)
dc.subject	Early year education
dc.subject	decomposition
dc.subject	recycling
dc.subject	constructivist learning environment
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	From preschoolers’ ideas about decomposition, domestic garbage fate and recycling to the objectives of a constructivist learning environment in this contex
dc.type	article