From climate change victims to climate change actors: The role of eco-parenting in building mitigation and adaptation capacities in children

Studies have acknowledged children not as climate change victims only, but also as climate change actors. However, only a few have addressed the preparatory stages of children as climate change actors. However, the few studies that addressed these preparatory stages gave attention only to the roles of schools and government agencies without adequate attention to that of parents. This article therefore attempts to discuss the role of eco-parenting in building mitigation and adaptation capacities in children. Relying on the authoritative parenting model, the article avers that eco-parenting can have significant effects on children's ability to protect the environment, mitigate, and adapt to climate change impacts.     

Growing up in a tourist destination: developing an environmental sensitivity

Abstract

This paper explores how the socio-cultural milieu of a community may foster a sense of environmental stewardship among children and young people. Ethnographic fieldwork, carried out in a popular tourist destination in Australia, revealed that the overt impacts of tourism activity such as littering provoke negative feelings among children and young people; these perceptions can in turn translate into a sensitivity towards the environment. While debated in some circles, a Significant Life Experiences (SLE) lens is useful in understanding children and young people’s lived experiences of – and sensitivity to - environmental issues in the communities where they are raised. SLE is employed in this article to explore how a sense of stewardship towards the environment is developed among children and young people growing up in a tourist destination. Findings suggest they actively contribute to protecting the environment in a variety of ways from regular beach clean ups and educating visiting tourists to participating in rallies and anti-development protests.     

自然主义视野下的中国儿童教育

自然主义教育就是以发展儿童的天性为目的,顺应人的生理、心理的自然本能的教育。当儿童天性、儿童身心生态遭受功利教育的破坏时,重温自然主义教育思想并以此审视中国儿童教育无疑对教育的反思与变革产生巨大推动力。     

五年制幼师生的地理素养教育

国务院《关于当前发展学前教育的若干意见》的颁布,为我国现阶段学前教育提供了更大的发展空间,我国迫切需要尽快地培养出一大批高素质的幼儿教师,来适应社会发展需求。地理素养是幼师学生必备的职业素养之一,为加强五年制幼师生地理素养教育,提高五年制幼师生整体素质,应加强地理知识、地理技能、地理态度、地理人文等方面的素养教育。     

重视大班幼儿早期阅读中的结伴阅读现象

对大班幼儿自由阅读情境中结伴阅读现象的研究发现,结伴阅读是大班幼儿非常喜欢的一种早期阅读形式,而结伴阅读的实质是一种以阅读材料为媒介的社交活动。幼儿的结伴阅读能力有较大的个体差异,与其阅读能力及社交能力密切相关。教师应重视大班幼儿在早期阅读中的社交心理需求,将结伴阅读作为大班幼儿阅读的重要方式,重视对幼儿结伴阅读能力的观察、指导与评估,以促进其早期阅读能力的发展,并有效预防早期阅读障碍。     

情绪状态对4岁儿童记忆受暗示性的影响

本研究采用实验法,探讨了高兴、生气与伤心这三种情绪对4岁儿童记忆受暗示性的影响。研究结果表明:(1)儿童在伤心、高兴和生气状态下的记忆受暗示性有显著的差异。(2)儿童具有情绪易感染性的特质。(3)儿童在伤心、高兴及生气状态下记忆的准确性有所下降。     

教育应当尊重儿童自然生长的权利

儿童的自然本性和自然权利是不容侵犯的。按其本性生长是儿童最基本、最重要的自然权利。然而,在传统教育中,成人通常控制着儿童,侵犯儿童的自由,造成社会的不正义。课程的目的是促进儿童生长还是仅仅向儿童传授知识,反映了成人是否尊重儿童的自然权利。教育应当尊重儿童自然生长的权利,尊重儿童的成长规律,促进儿童健康生长。     

可持续性早期儿童发展政策的理念和实施——亚太地区国家早期儿童发展政策制定的进展

早期儿童发展政策是一个社会性政策,它通过政府的投入对有关早期儿童发展重要问题的解决提供指导,为儿童及其家庭提供服务。这一政策应具有社会、政治、经济和人力资源方面的可持续性。政策的组成部分包括理想与目标、活动、管理和财政。政策制定的过程强调多方人员的参与以及有据可依。亚太地区多个国家近年来在早期儿童发展政策的制定方面取得了很大的进展,但同时在政策的实施、管理和财政方面仍面临很大的挑战。     

幼儿情绪健康教育刍议——从一项心理健康教育课程的实施效果谈起

比比和朋友是一项系统化的幼儿心理健康教育课程,情绪健康教育是其中的重要内容之一。许多教师以往对幼儿的情绪存在诸多误解。从教师对比比和朋友课程实施效果的反馈看,幼儿有着复杂的情绪体验,有发展情绪认知的基础和需要;幼儿需要表达情绪,但也存在情绪掩蔽的问题;幼儿能在群体中自主建构和掌握丰富的情绪调节策略。情绪认知、情绪表达和情绪调节是幼儿情绪健康教育的三项重要内容,教师不能忽视其中任何一方面。教师应改变传统观念,为幼儿提供系统、完整的情绪健康教育支持。     

Teaching about the importance of trees: a study with young children

This paper reports on a study undertaken with the primary aim of investigating the effect of the storytelling teaching approach on kindergarten children's retention of ideas about the importance of trees. The study also assessed the effect of storytelling on children's intention to participate in a tree planting activity that they had to select from a list of activities. The story that was created included such elements as binary opposites, mental images, mystery, and wonder, according to Kieran Egan's theory. The study utilized a two‐group design, was conducted in three phases (pre‐test, intervention, and post‐test), lasted 11 weeks, and its results provide evidence of the effectiveness of the storytelling approach when compared with the traditional method of expository teaching complemented with visual images (pictures) of trees and their importance to human beings. The pedagogical appropriateness of the story, which was based upon the binary pair of opposites ‘security–insecurity’, is also discussed in the paper.