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Benjamin Laffitte; Barnabas C. Seyler; Ya Tang – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Environmental education (EE) is a concern in modern society. Plant blindness and nature-deficit disorder highlight how important nature contact and plant consciousness is for urban populations. Considering rapid urbanisation, these phenomena are of increasing concern in China. Integrating EE curricula in Chinese cities is necessary to help younger…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Environmental Education, Plants (Botany)
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Ikeda, Masafumi; Yamamoto, Masaya – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Colonial education worldwide has relied on various concepts, from trying to mirror the content of the sovereign country to developing unique content pertaining to the colonies themselves. In this paper, we examined the nature of colonial education for the Japanese in northeast China ("Manchuria") during the colonial period from the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Plants (Botany), Textbooks
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Yang, Xi; Chen, Jin – Environmental Education Research, 2017
Botanical gardens (BGs) are important agencies that enhance human knowledge and attitude towards flora conservation. By following free-choice learning model, we developed a "Discovery map" and distributed the map to visitors at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in Yunnan, China. Visitors, who did and did not receive discovery…
Descriptors: Maps, Learning Processes, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Cixiao; Fang, Ting; Miao, Rong – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
In the increasing pervasiveness of today's digital society, mobile devices are changing the face of education. Students can interact with mobile devices in context-aware environment. This paper presents a mobile application based on expert system (Plant-E) for students to acquire knowledge about plant classification by answering decision-making…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
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Tao, Ying – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to explore how Chinese preschool children categorize plants into either living or nonliving things. The research was framed within the interpretive paradigm and was designed as a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Participants were children 4 to 6 years of age from 3 kindergartens in Jiangsu…
Descriptors: Asians, Preschool Children, Plants (Botany), Classification
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NORDSCI, 2020
This volume includes four sections of the 2020 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; (3) Philosophy; and (4) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teacher Education, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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O'Meara, Mary – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2009
Micronutrient malnutrition affects the health and well being of 3 billion people globally. Identifying means to improve the micronutrient density in the edible portions of crops is an important way to combat nutrient deficiencies. By studying how plants obtain micronutrients from the soil, we can develop methods to enhance uptake. Although more…
Descriptors: Well Being, Science Education, Plants (Botany), Nutrition
Ghenai, Chaouki, Ed. – InTech, 2012
Securing the future of the human race will require an improved understanding of the environment as well as of technological solutions, mindsets and behaviors in line with modes of development that the ecosphere of our planet can support. Some experts see the only solution in a global deflation of the currently unsustainable exploitation of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Epistemology
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Chiu, Son-Mey – New Educator, 2009
By following their wonderful ideas or critical exploration, three eighth graders learned how to do traditional Chinese painting, which is taught by copying old masters' work from the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century. The standard manual, which most learners have been using for these three hundred years, is the "Mustard Seed Garden Manual of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Painting (Visual Arts), Plants (Botany), Cultural Context
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Chan, W. F.; Lin, C. W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
An HPLC undergraduate experiment on the analysis of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been developed. Two commonly used herbs ("glycyrrhizae radix" and "cinnamomi ramulus") are studied. Glycyrrhizin, cinnamic acid, and cinnamaldehyde are chosen as markers for the herbs. The dried herbs in their natural state and a TCM…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Medicine, Undergraduate Study, Plants (Botany)
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Wenjuan, Zhang; Jixi, Gao – Chinese Education and Society, 2004
Western China is vast, expansive, sparsely populated, and economically underdeveloped, but it plays an important role in economic and social development in China. While the west is a crucial base of power resources, it is also rich in fauna and flora resources and the major habitat for China's many rare wildlife species. Therefore, protecting its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Economic Development, Social Development