Where is that place?: primary children's attitudes to and knowledge of the world

Title: Where is that place?: primary children's attitudes to and knowledge of the world
Creator: Reynolds, Ruth
Relation: AARE 2004 Conference. Proceedings of the AARE 2004 Conference (Melbourne 28 November - 2 December, 2004)
Relation: http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap/abs04.htm#R
Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2005
Description: How do children learn about the world? What impact do current issues have on their knowledge of the world? How do schools differ in knowledge of the world? How do gender and age affect knowledge of the world? What influences children's' attitudes to the world? This study of 545 primary school children in 13 different schools in New South Wales explores the children's knowledge of world geography and what influences this knowledge. It also investigates children's attitudes to places in the world and why they have these attitudes. Comparisons are made between this study and overseas studies. Discussion provides some insights into ways of improving our approaches to world understanding and tolerance of others.
Subject: primary school students; children's attitudes; world knowledge
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/35149
Identifier: uon:3812
Identifier: ISSN:1324-9339
Language: eng
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