Gatt, Suzanne and Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale and Borg, Kirsten and Lautier, Katya (2007) Young Maltese children's ideas about plants. Journal of Biological Education, 41 (3). pp. 117-121. ISSN 0021-9266
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Primary; Plants; Alternative; Frameworks; Children’s ideas |
| Subjects: | Departments > Geography, Enterprise, Mathematics and Science |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (2) |
| Date Deposited: | 01 May 2009 15:01 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/286 |
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