Developing spatial orientation in preschool children through work with maps prospective mathematics teachers and programming

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15410%2F21%3A73610229" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15410/21:73610229 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://library.iated.org/view/UHLIROVA2021DEV" target="_blank" >https://library.iated.org/view/UHLIROVA2021DEV</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2021.0474" target="_blank" >10.21125/iceri.2021.0474</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Developing spatial orientation in preschool children through work with maps prospective mathematics teachers and programming

Original language description

Developed mathematical pre-literacy in preschool children is an important prerequisite not only for successful mastery of mathematics at the beginning of school attendance, but also for many situations in everyday life. The environment in which a child’s mathematical ideas can develop is, in addition to the family, primarily the kindergarten. The paper will present partial results of the pedagogical experiment Working with a map in kindergarten (WMK), which took place in 2021. The aim of the experiment was to test activities proposed for developing children’s spatial imagination based on working with a map in a kindergarten environment. Children aged 4-6 participated in the experiment. The following activities were included in this experiment: - Construction of a kindergarten class map (individual activity), - Orientation in the class map (paired activity), - Construction of a map of the school garden (collective work), - Orientation in the school map (group work). Due to the nature of the experiment, the method chosen was qualitative reflection in conjunction with interviews with children and teachers. It can be stated that the children were very interested in working with the map. The children spontaneously initiated repetition of the activities. During these activities it was possible to notice that the children’s abilities and skills were gradually developing and improving. During group work, the natural cooperation between younger and older children was evident. The children suggested further variations of activities. The experiment has confirmed that active map work is suitable for preschool children

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

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

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Article name in the collection

ICERI2021 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-34549-6

ISSN

2340-1095

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1764-1773

Publisher name

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Place of publication

Madrid

Event location

Online Conference

Event date

Nov 8, 2021

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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