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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ839822
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1038-2046
Children's Images of a Distant Locality
Disney, Anna
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, v14 n4 p330-335 Nov 2005
Children's perceptions of a distant locality are gauged before the introduction of a link with a school in that distant locality. Changes in the perceptions are recorded after a variety of exchanges between the schools. The implications are considered for children, teachers and teacher trainers.
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Elementary School Students, Childhood Attitudes, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Observation, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Letters (Correspondence), Maps, Geography Instruction, Social Justice, Intergroup Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India; United Kingdom
