Secondary language: |
English |
Secondary title: |
Introducing soil animals in preschool |
Secondary abstract: |
Animals are a part of our life and the fact is that some animals cause a positive response to people, while others cause nausea, discomfort and fear. Adults often transmit negative feelings to children with bad examples, instead of giving them the opportunity to analyse them on their own. The purpose of my thesis was to allow children to develop their own attitude towards soil animals through direct contact with them and their cultivation. Through my own attitude I wanted them to develop a positive attitude towards these animals.
In my thesis I investigated what children can learn about soil animals by exerting active learning. I also investigated how learning about animals changes their attitude towards them. Through various activities children learned about isopods, diplopods, earthworms and spiders. In playroom we temporarily bred isopods, diplopods and earthworms, observed them and took care of them.
Before and after carrying out the activities with children, I made an oral interview with them. Comparison of the results showed that children gained a lot of knowledge about soil animals through active learning and direct experience. Their attitude towards soil animals also changed a lot. They learned that even small creatures have their needs and that they need to be handled in a responsible manner. Some children even overcame the fear that they felt towards these animals. |
Secondary keywords: |
pre-school child;science education;activity method;predšolski otrok;naravoslovna vzgoja in izobraževanje;aktivna metoda; |
File type: |
application/pdf |
Type (COBISS): |
Undergraduate thesis |
Thesis comment: |
Univ. Ljubljana, Pedagoška fak., Predšolska vzgoja |
Pages: |
76 str. |
Type (ePrints): |
thesis |
Title (ePrints): |
Introducing soil animals in preschool |
Keywords (ePrints): |
predšolski otrok |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
preschool child |
Abstract (ePrints): |
Živali so del našega življenja in dejstvo je, da nekatere pri ljudeh vzbujajo pozitiven odziv, druge pa povzročajo gnus, nelagodje in strah. Nemalokrat se zgodi, da odrasli s slabim zgledom prenašamo negativne občutke na otroke in jim ne ponudimo možnosti, da si z neposredno izkušnjo sami izdelajo predstave o živalih. Namen moje diplomske naloge je bil otrokom omogočiti neposredno izkušnjo spoznavanja in gojenja talnih živali ter jim prek lastnega zgleda privzgojiti pozitiven odnos do njih.
V diplomski nalogi sem raziskovala, koliko se lahko otroci naučijo o talnih živalih s pomočjo aktivnega učenja in kako se s spoznavanjem živali spreminja odnos do njih. Tako so otroci preko različnih dejavnosti spoznali mokrice, kačice, deževnike in pajke. V igralnici smo začasno gojili mokrice, kačice in deževnike, jih opazovali in skrbeli za njih.
Pred in po izvajanju dejavnosti sem z otroki opravila ustno anketo. Primerjava rezultatov je pokazala, da so otroci s pomočjo aktivnega učenja z neposredno izkušnjo pridobili veliko znanja o talnih živalih, predvsem pa se je spremenil njihov odnos do živali. Spoznali so, da so tudi drobne živali živa bitja, ki imajo svoje potrebe in s katerimi je potrebno spoštljivo in odgovorno ravnati. Poleg tega je nekaj otrok premagalo strah do omenjenih živali. |
Abstract (ePrints, secondary language): |
Animals are a part of our life and the fact is that some animals cause a positive response to people, while others cause nausea, discomfort and fear. Adults often transmit negative feelings to children with bad examples, instead of giving them the opportunity to analyse them on their own. The purpose of my thesis was to allow children to develop their own attitude towards soil animals through direct contact with them and their cultivation. Through my own attitude I wanted them to develop a positive attitude towards these animals.
In my thesis I investigated what children can learn about soil animals by exerting active learning. I also investigated how learning about animals changes their attitude towards them. Through various activities children learned about isopods, diplopods, earthworms and spiders. In playroom we temporarily bred isopods, diplopods and earthworms, observed them and took care of them.
Before and after carrying out the activities with children, I made an oral interview with them. Comparison of the results showed that children gained a lot of knowledge about soil animals through active learning and direct experience. Their attitude towards soil animals also changed a lot. They learned that even small creatures have their needs and that they need to be handled in a responsible manner. Some children even overcame the fear that they felt towards these animals. |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
preschool child |
ID: |
8310517 |