Understanding Children's Connections to the Environment in the U.S. and Singapore: Implications for Geography Educators

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dc.contributor.authorWee, Bryan
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T21:12:48Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T21:12:48Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractWith global environmental changes comes the need for a greater awareness of relationships between people and places reflected in foundational ideas. Remarkably little is known about this topic, particularly from the child's perspective. This paper is framed by socio-constructivist theory and draws on qualitative data (drawings) from Singapore and the U.S. to describe and contrast how children see themselves in relation to the environment. It also initiates conversation about the implications of these findings for geography educators, particularly the need to move toward an integrated and holistic conception of human-environment interactions.
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
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dc.format.extent15 pages
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dc.identifier.citationWee, B. (2009). Understanding children's connections to the environment in the U.S. and Singapore: Implications for geography educators. Research in Geographic Education, 11(2), pp. 79-93.
dc.identifier.issn1529-0085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/17434
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
dc.sourceResearch in Geographic Education, 2009, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 79-93.
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectfoundational ideas
dc.subjectdrawings
dc.subjectgeography education
dc.titleUnderstanding Children's Connections to the Environment in the U.S. and Singapore: Implications for Geography Educators
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