Nya former för lärande: Leken som ett redskap i lärandet i miljö i grundskolans tidigare årskurser
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https://doi.org/10.5617/nordina.450Abstract
The aim of this study is to show how play, as a dimension in teaching and learning, can act as catalystin learning in environmental issues. The research question is how primary school children use scientificand technological conceptions in order to describe and understand environmental contexts. In thisarticle nine-year-old boys and girls deal with conceptions like food-chains and food-webs but alsowhether man is part of nature or not. The analysis is based on metacognitive dialogues where thescience teacher and the children are interacting. The discussion points out what possibilities andboundaries play as a tool can provide in teaching and learning in environmental education.Downloads
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2012-12-07
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