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Louise Chawla – Environmental Education Research, 2024
This narrative review is the first to focus on how young people themselves express their experiences of participation in ecological restoration projects, as a guide to creating projects that engage them effectively. It gathers 10 qualitative and mixed-method studies that document young people's experiences through observations, interviews, focus…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Conservation Education, Ecology
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Shaylene E. Nancekivell; Sarah Stilwell; Susan A. Gelman – Cognitive Science, 2024
Abstract The present study investigated children's understanding that an object's history may increase its significance, an appreciation that underpins the concept of "historical authenticity" (i.e., the idea that an item's history determines its true identity, beyond its functional or material qualities, leading people to value real…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, History Instruction, Concept Formation, Authentic Learning
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John O'Reilly; Emmanuel O'Grady – Education 3-13, 2024
Student democratic participation in schools is often limited to involvement in school councils with associated dangers of tokenism and speaking for others. There is limited space for students to have a voice in what is learned due to mandated state curricula and scepticism about student capacity, even though consultation with students about…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Integrated Curriculum, Children, Childrens Rights