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Focus Wildlife Park: Outdoor Learning at Workstations for Primary School Children
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Glaab, Sabine; Heyne, Thomas – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
A total of 268 primary school children (age 8.75 ± 0.65) spent one day at a wildlife park attending environmental education aiming at high cognitive achievement and motivation alongside maintained discipline. To accomplish this at an out-of-school learning setting, we compared our preferred 'guided learning at workstations' (G) combining the…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students
Children, Objects, and Relations: Constructivist Foundations in the Reggio Emilia Approach
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Swann, Annette C. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2008
This article examines how children's construction of relationships in exploring materials helps to explain the constructivist foundations of the Reggio Emilia approach. A quasi-naturalistic study of 12 preschool children, ages 3 and 4 years, individually exploring different kinds of collage papers reveals a range of constructivist categories…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Preschool Children, Reggio Emilia Approach, Art Education
Constructing Understanding in Primary Science: An Exploration of Process and Outcomes in the Topic Areas of Light and the Earth in Space
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Thurston, Allen; Grant, G.; Topping, K. J. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2006
This study explored the process and outcomes of constructivist methods of enhancing science understanding in the topic areas of light and the earth in space. The sample was drawn from a group of 41 nine-year-old children, delivered in four two-hour weekly sessions. Each session involved different combinations of interactive discussion and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Investigations, Science Activities, Primary Education