International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 14 Number: 4 Page: 310–315
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Teaching Place: Developing Early Understanding of ‘Nested Hierarchies’
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Colin Storey
Advanced Skills Teacher for Early Years, Sherington CE First School, Buckinghamshire
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The perceptions of a group of 5–6-year olds were tested against two disparate hypotheses, one for nested hierarchies, the other for symbolic representations in language and learning. There is evidence that young children have the foundation for tackling more sophisticated and challenging ideas than is usually recognised. Linguistically, children may be capable of operating at a quite sophisticated symbolic level though day-to-day teaching seems to rely on more explicitly concrete experiences.
Keywords: children, understanding, methodologies, representations, hierarchies
© 2005 C. Storey
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