From "Forest fires" and "Hunting" to disturbing "Habitats" and "Food chains": Do young children come up with any ecological interpretations of human interventions within a forest?

Research in Science Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-201

  Ergazaki, Marida ^a   Andriotou, Eirini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Early year education; Ecological reasoning; Environmental education; Food chain; Habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955095513     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9109-6     Document Type: Article

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