"Phronesis": Children's Local Rural Knowledge of Science and Engineering

Autor/inn/en	Avery, Leanne M.; Kassam, Karim-Aly
Titel	"Phronesis": Children's Local Rural Knowledge of Science and Engineering
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 26 (2011) 2, (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Engineering Education; Grade 5; Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Rural Education; Rural Youth; Place Based Education; Experiential Learning; Relevance (Education); Interviews; Visual Aids; Photography; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Ingenieurausbildung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Relevance; Relevanz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Anschauungsmaterial; Fotografie
Abstract	This study analyzes videotaped interviews and 407 photographs taken by 20 grade 5 and 6 students in rural New York State to document their science and engineering learning. Aristotle's concept of phronesis or practical wisdom frames the findings and their implications. Key findings indicate that: (1) All 20 children found examples of science and engineering; (2) The children learned by observing or doing or both; (3) The children learned from family members, particularly parents and grandparents; (4) These 20 children learned numerous science and engineering concepts by participating in activities associated with their daily lives; and (5) Only when directly probed did students make explicit connections between what they learned outside school in their local environments and what they learned in the science classroom. These findings point to the need to anchor the teaching and learning of science and engineering in the students' experiential habitat; thus, bridging the gap between children's local knowledge and global science. (Contains 8 figures and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Penn State University College of Education, Center on Rural Education and Communities. 310B Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802. Tel: 814-863-2031; Web site: http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10