eprintid: 10000286
rev_number: 37
eprint_status: archive
userid: 587
source: pure
dir: disk0/00/00/02/86
datestamp: 2009-05-01 15:01:17
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status_changed: 2009-05-01 15:01:17
type: article
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creators_name: Gatt, Suzanne
creators_name: Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
creators_name: Borg, Kirsten
creators_name: Lautier, Katya
creators_id: 
creators_id: s.tunnicliffe@ioe.ac.uk
creators_id: 
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title: Young Maltese children's ideas about plants
ispublished: pub
divisions: B14
keywords: Primary; Plants; Alternative; Frameworks; Children’s ideas
abstract: Fifty Maltese children, 25 in the second year of pre-school (4 years olds) and 25 in the first year of compulsory education (5 years old), were interviewed about their knowledge of plants. Analysis showed that they had a restricted understanding of the term, meaning something small, with a thin stalk, leaves and a flower. Trees, cacti and nettles were not classified as plants. Children’s knowledge was observed to increase with age. Parents were identified as the main source of knowledge; schools were rarely mentioned. Maltese teachers should be made aware of children’s limited knowledge about plants and they need to use readily available resources in schools to expose pre-school children to the plants in their immediate surroundings.
date: 2007
date_type: published
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Biological Education
volume: 41
pagerange: 117-121
pages: 5
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0021-9266
citation:        Gatt, Suzanne;    Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale;    Borg, Kirsten;    Lautier, Katya;      (2007)    Young Maltese children's ideas about plants.                   Journal of Biological Education , 41    pp. 117-121.          Green open access   
 
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