Accessing Young Children's Ideas about Energy

被引:3
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作者
Detken, Franziska [1 ]
Bruckmann, Maja [2 ]
机构
[1] Zurich Univ Teacher Educ, Dept Elementary Educ, CH-8090 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Carl von Ossietzky Univ Oldenburg, Dept Educ & Social Sci, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
来源
EDUCATION SCIENCES | 2021年 / 11卷 / 02期
关键词
energy; young children; conceptual understanding; elementary (primary) education; video; interviews; drawings; assessment; validity; LEARNING PROGRESSION; DRAWINGS; VALIDITY;
D O I
10.3390/educsci11020039
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
We present a multi-method design for elucidating young, mostly illiterate children's (grades 1 and 2 of Swiss elementary school, ages 6-8) ideas about energy. The design uses semi-structured interviews and video recordings as the main methods of data generation and collection, respectively. A plurality of tasks, including drawing, sorting and a newly developed picture stories task, target core aspects of the scientific energy concept in selected contexts. These tasks provide various opportunities for the children to connect to their prior experiences and express ideas verbally and non-verbally in age-adequate ways, e.g., by gestures or drawings. We illustrate the level of detail and complexity of the children's responses and show how these reflect the children's associations with energy and their patterns of argumentation. These rich data enable analysis regarding various aspects of the scientific energy concept, including sources, users, forms, and the transfer of energy, and the identification of possible starting points for early energy instruction.
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