Summary information
Study title
Emergent Environmentalism : Children, 1993-1994
Creator
Palmer, J. A., University of Durham, School of Education
Suggate, J., University of Durham, School of Education
Matthews, J., Stanford University (California)
Study number / PID
3548 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3548-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this survey was to investigate:
1. The acquisition of environmental knowledge in pre-school children aged 4 years.
2. The environmental knowledge possessed by 6-year-old children, so illuminating aspects of the development of environmental knowledge and concern during children's first two years in formal education.
3. The apparent sources of children's knowledge.
4. Common misconceptions and stereotypical ideas about the environment held by young children.
Main Topics:
The sources and extent of children's emergent knowledge and awareness of the environment, specifically covering: tropical rainforest; deforestation and endangered species; polar areas; polar warming; waste disposal.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/09/1993 - 01/01/1995
Country
England, Multi-nation, United States
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
children
Cross-national
Subnational
Children
Universe
Children between their 4th and 5th birthdays, and children between their 6th and 7th birthdays, in County Durham, UK, and the San Francisco Bay area, California, USA in 1993-1994.
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1997
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Palmer, J. (1994) 'Acquisition of environmental subject knowledge in pre-school children:: an international study', Children's Environments, 204-211
- Palmer, J. (1993) 'From Santa Claus to sustainability :: emergent understanding of concepts and issues in environmental science', International Journal of Science Education, 487-495
- Palmer, J. (1995) 'Environmental thinking in the early years :: understanding and misunderstanding of concepts relating to waste management', Environmental Education Research, 25-45