Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour

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Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Cruz, Catarina, Pitarma, Rui
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10314/3468
Resumo: This qualitative study analyzes the results of a pedagogical and didactic experiment which was focused on the problem of teaching environmentally-friendly behaviours to young kindergarten children. It is essential to awaken children's curiosity and desire to know more about environmental issues in their regions so that children develop their own answers to problems. Our research focus was to understand the potential of practicalexperimental activities connected to ecology, in a relaxed and entertaining learning context, promotes the learning of environmentally-friendly behaviours. The analysis of the results obtained in the pedagogical and didactic experiment was based on the following categories: (a) teaching and learning methodology and teaching resources; (b) children perceptions. The findings revealed that the built teaching resources have enabled these children to understand the importance of having environmentallyfriendly behaviours.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
title Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
spellingShingle Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
Environmentally-friendly behaviours
Practical-experimental activities
Preschool children
kindergarten educator training
title_short Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
title_full Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
title_fullStr Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
title_sort Teaching ecology to children of preschool education to instill environmentally-friendly behaviour
author Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
author_facet Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
Cruz, Catarina
Pitarma, Rui
author_role author
author2 Cruz, Catarina
Pitarma, Rui
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
Cruz, Catarina
Pitarma, Rui
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Environmentally-friendly behaviours
Practical-experimental activities
Preschool children
kindergarten educator training
topic Environmentally-friendly behaviours
Practical-experimental activities
Preschool children
kindergarten educator training
description This qualitative study analyzes the results of a pedagogical and didactic experiment which was focused on the problem of teaching environmentally-friendly behaviours to young kindergarten children. It is essential to awaken children's curiosity and desire to know more about environmental issues in their regions so that children develop their own answers to problems. Our research focus was to understand the potential of practicalexperimental activities connected to ecology, in a relaxed and entertaining learning context, promotes the learning of environmentally-friendly behaviours. The analysis of the results obtained in the pedagogical and didactic experiment was based on the following categories: (a) teaching and learning methodology and teaching resources; (b) children perceptions. The findings revealed that the built teaching resources have enabled these children to understand the importance of having environmentallyfriendly behaviours.
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