Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir
A volume in Cognition, Equity & Society: International PerspectivesSeries Editors: Bharath Sriraman, University of Montanaand Lyn English, Queensland University of TechnologyThis book explores a study of how and under what circumstances children’s ideas about the bodychange over the period of two school years, Primary 1 and 2 (6 and 7 years old), in a ’normal’classroom setting in an Icelandic primary school. The focus is on children’s ideas about the structure,location and function of bones and other organs and how changes in pupils’ ideas are affected by thecurriculum, teaching methods, teaching materials and teacher‐pupil and peer interactions. Specialattention is given to the differences between quiet children and more open children in respect tothese issues.Result from the study shows that the children were generally more aware of the structures, locations and functions of the variousorgans than they were of processes and how the organs were interrelated and they were also more aware of the digestive systemthan other organ systems.
