Young Children's Conception of the Biological World

Autor:	Kayoko Inagaki, Giyoo Hatano
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Cognitive science Vitalism Teleology 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 050105 experimental psychology General Psychology
Zdroj:	Current Directions in Psychological Science. 15:177-181
ISSN:	1467-8721 0963-7214
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00431.x
Popis:	What are the components of children's biological-knowledge system before systematic teaching at school? Can this knowledge system be called naive biology? We propose that young children's biological-knowledge system has at least two essential components—(a) the knowledge needed to identify biological entities and phenomena and (b) teleological and vitalistic causality—and that these components constitute a form of biology. We discuss how this naive biology serves as the basis for performance and learning in socially and culturally important practices, such as health practices and biology instruction.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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