"Where do you Think the Water Comes From?" Teacher-Pupil Dialogues about Water as an Environmental Phenomenon
2010 (Swedish)In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, ISSN 0031-3831, E-ISSN 1470-1170, Vol. 54, no 4, p. 313-333Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This article presents results from a study of 36 pupils (8-10 years of age) in face-to-face conversations with their teachers about water as an environmental phenomenon based on a photograph of a rainforest. The teachers' rather vague goal was to have the pupils talk about the water cycle. The sessions were audio-recorded and analyzed with respect to: (1) scaffolding strategies used by the teachers, (2) possible implications of these strategies on the pupils' sense-making, and (3) what accounts of the water cycle as a school-science learning-content were made. Three different patterns of scaffolding strategies were found. Some pupils did not even come close to talking about the water cycle, whereas others arrived at a rather fragmented picture.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge , 2010. Vol. 54, no 4, p. 313-333
Keywords [en]
scaffolding strategies, primary science, teacher-pupil interaction, water cycle
National Category
Pedagogy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-2836DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2010.493340Local ID: 2320/6829OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-2836DiVA, id: diva2:870930
2015-11-132015-11-132017-12-01Bibliographically approved