Determining young aboriginal children's scientific understandings: A pilot study |
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Authors: | Dr Marilyn Fleer Jane Sukroo Tracey Faucett |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, 2616 Belconnen, ACT |
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Abstract: | Conclusion The pilot study provided a range of useful data for analysis. In all areas except the children's recall of traditional stories,
richly contextualized data was collected. It was felt that the children's young age and not the questions themselves about
traditional stories was the limiting factor. The age factor variable is yet to be examined closely. Children older than eight
will be interviewed using the story book on night and day to determine if it will successfully reveal any traditional stories
they know, and this data will be analysed to see if the stories influence their scientific understandings of night and day.
Overall the study aimed to develop a research design and instruments that would readily tap into young Aboriginal children's
scientific understandings in a relevant and cross-culturally sensitive way. The richness of the data collected would indicate
that this aim has been met. The next step will be to determine the significance of the data collected and whether data should
be collected from a larger sample of young Aboriginal children in each of the community contexts described by the NAEC (1985):
Traditional, Rural, Urban Dispersed and Urban.
Specializations: early childhood science education. |
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