Czech Preschool Children?s Conceptions about Nature

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13440%2F21%3A43896319" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13440/21:43896319 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/19/10962" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/19/10962</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131910962" target="_blank" >10.3390/su131910962</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech Preschool Children?s Conceptions about Nature

Original language description

This study focused on young children?s understanding of nature, an issue observed to be a research gap in the scientific community. The question ?What nature?? is central to this research. Answers to this question were obtained from 342 children from 21 Czech kindergartens, and results showed 302 preschool and children (aged from 3 to 6.5 years) from the sample displayed a conceptual understanding of nature and expressed their ideas verbally. Qualitative content analysis and comparative analysis (nouns and verbs separately) were performed on the results. Most children interpreted nature through lists of objects or as a space or a concrete place, and most of the objects mentioned related to living nature. Children used verbs describing natural events more often than verbs describing their own or human activities in nature. The comparison between children?s, adults?, and pupils? concepts of nature shows that children expressed their concepts in a similar, albeit not identical, manner to adults. They expressed the utilitarian and aesthetic value of nature, showed a scientific interest and an emotional connection to nature, and showed their joy in interacting with nature. Children understood nature more positively (no fear, aversion, or efforts to control nature) than adults. Czech children noticed more plants and mushrooms than Norwegian children. A similar percentage of Czech and Australian children included people on their lists of nature. Although certain similarities in children?s answers were noted, each child understands nature individually. Teachers should respect this fact and consider this in environmental and global education.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

19

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

"nestrankovano"

UT code for WoS article

000707206500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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