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An Analysis of Children's Drawings of What They Think Is inside Their Bodies: A South African Regional Study
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Dempster, Edith; Stears, Michèle – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
The purpose of the study is to find out what a group of seven-year-old South African children understand of their internal anatomy. The research is based on the premise that young children obtain most of their science knowledge through personal experience. Drawings are used to determine the level of young children's knowledge of systems and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Anatomy
Rural School Children Picturing Family Life
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de Lange, Naydene; Olivier, Tilla; Geldenhuys, Johanna; Mitchell, Claudia – Perspectives in Education, 2012
Rurality is an active agent and central to the lived experiences of children growing up on a farm and attending a farm school. It is a key to their everyday experiences, and influences family life, schooling and their future. Previous studies elsewhere in the world have explored the notion of childhood in rural contexts, but there is a dearth of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Family Life, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Gaining Representations of Children's and Adults' Constructions of Sustainability Issues
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Barraza, Laura; Robottom, Ian – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2008
In this decade of Education for Sustainable Development, it is timely to consider the methodological issues associated with researching this topic not only with adults but also with the young children who, as members of the next generation, will experience the success or otherwise of current environmental sustainability efforts. We argue that it…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Adults
South African Children's Concepts of Their Future Environment
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van Staden, Christie J. S. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
This article, which is a revised version of a paper presented at the XXIV World Congress of OMEP conference in Melbourne in July 2004, reports on a study that explored young children's (5-9 years) vision of their future environment in South Africa--as temporal dimension, illustrating their conceptual understanding of this concept. A sample of 320…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas
The Effects of Chronic Violence on Preschool Children Living in South African Townships.
Magwaza, A. S.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1993
Teachers completed the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire for Children for 148 preschool children in South African townships, and children drew pictures of personal experiences. Findings indicated that children exposed to violence suffered posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and that, though their drawings showed severe emotional…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Emotional Disturbances, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries
Living and Coping with Ongoing Violence: A Cross-National Analysis of Children's Drawings Using Structured Rating Indices.
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Rudenberg, Stephanie Linda; Jansen, Patricia; Fridjohn, Peter – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2001
Investigated the effectiveness of analyzing drawings of 8- to 12-year-old children as a method of understanding the effects of living and coping with ongoing civic unrest. Compared drawings by white and black South African children with those of children from Belfast, Ireland. Found cross-national differences in stress, emotion, adjustment, and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Art, Coping