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Schmidt, Maria Auxiliadora; Garcia, Tania Maria F. Braga – Education 3-13, 2010
This paper presents the results of an investigation which was part of a project called "Recreating Histories". It is concerned with the analysis of historical narratives created by the children who participated in the project and an analysis of historical sources kept by families who live in Campina Grande do Sul (Brazil). It draws on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Literacy Education, Children
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Parks, Amy Noelle – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2010
This paper adopts a rhetorical perspective in order to examine language about children in the discourse of mathematics education through a study of metaphor. Previous research has tended to emphasize the notion of "beliefs", which locates responsibility for problematic conceptions of children within the heads of individuals, particularly…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Grade 3, Teacher Educators
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Denessen, Eddie; Hornstra, Lisette; van den Bergh, Linda – Educational Studies, 2010
In the present study it has been examined how children's creative writing tasks may contribute to teachers' understanding of children's values. Writings of 300 elementary school children about what they would do if they were the boss of The Netherlands were obtained and seemed to reflect different types of values. Most children were concerned with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Creative Writing, Socialization