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Download full textGrady, Ronald – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
Children are constantly working to make sense of themselves, their experiences, and their worlds. One way that children tend to do this is through creating artifacts. By engaging in discussions around, and interacting with these artifacts, teachers and educators are able to gain further insight into the experiences of children. Through observing…
Descriptors: Maps, Preschool Education, Forestry, Learning Experience
Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Eva; Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
In Sweden, the national parliament has adopted objectives to implement the United Nations (UN) "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" (UNESCO, 2017). Sweden's objectives are more ambitious and far-reaching in several policy areas than the targets listed in the 2030 Agenda and outlined in the report "Agenda 2030 and Sweden:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Sustainable Development, Objectives
McClain, Cara; Vandermaas-Peeler, Maureen – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2016
In a longitudinal investigation of young children's developing relationship with and understanding of the natural world, eleven preschoolers and their teacher were filmed for 50 hours during weekly explorations at a local state park. Findings indicated that while outdoors children showed self-awareness with regard to environmental features,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Observation, Longitudinal Studies
Kiewra, Christine; Veselack, Ellen – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2016
Conducted at two separate natural outdoor classrooms with preschool-aged children from three to five years old, this qualitative research study investigated how outdoor environments supported children's creativity and imagination. Although many studies have explored the development of creative arts in the young children, few have focused on…
Descriptors: Creativity, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Outdoor Education
Zurek, Alex; Torquati, Julia; Acar, Ibrahim – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2014
This paper describes the process of "scaffolding" as a teaching strategy in early childhood education, and demonstrates how scaffolding can promote children's learning about the natural environment. Examples of scaffolding are provided from seventy-four running record observations made over a two-year period in a nature-based preschool…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Observation
Vandermaas-Peeler, Maureen; McClain, Cara – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2015
School gardening has become increasingly popular as a context for learning in which children construct new knowledge, learn cultural and societal values related to ecological awareness, and develop and practice authentic or real-world skills (Blair, 2009; Bowker & Tearle, 2007). The present research was a longitudinal case study of children's…
Descriptors: Gardening, Preschool Education, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies
