Are gardens useful for promoting early age science education? Evidence from analysis of children’s drawings
Lourdes Aragón,
Inés Ortega-Cubero,
Marcia Eugenio-Gozalbo
Abstract:This study analyzes pre-school children’s mental representations of their idea of a garden, before and after implementing an educational project. A total of 39 and 43 pairs of drawings (pre-post) are analyzed in children aged four and five years, respectively, using two methods: (1) a quantitative approach, based on counting the frequency with which elements linked to curricular scientific content appear (sun, water, earth, animals, plants and trees), and (2) a qualitative approach, based on the degree of ri… Show more
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