Conservation in Community School Children in Papua new Guinea
Titel:
Conservation in Community School Children in Papua new Guinea
Auteur:
Shea, John D. C. Yerua, Gaodfrey
Verschenen in:
International journal of psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 15 (1980) nr. 1-4 pagina's 11-25
Jaar:
1980
Inhoud:
Three hundred and thirty-nine primary level boys and girls from the Jimi Valley area of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea were tested for conservation of four concepts, number, length, quantity, and area. Schooling, age and sex were related to conservation with some concepts, and there were interaction effects between schooling and age. When compared with other studies the results suggest that there may be considerable differences between language-culture groups within Papua New Guinea, and that the Jimi children themselves show a lag of several years, a lag which increases with the difficulty of the concept tested, in achieving the concepts tested when compared with children from more developed countries. Trois cent trente neuf garcons et fillcs de niveau scolaire primaire de la region de la vallee du Jimi, dans les Highlands Occidentaux de Papouasic Nouvelle Guinee, ont ete soumis a des tests de conservation de 4 concepts: nombre, longueur, quantite et surface. Niveau scolaire, age et sexe ont montre avoir une influence sur la conservation de certains concepts et il y avait des effets ď interaction entre le niveau scolaire et ľage. Compares a ďautres etudes, les resultats montrent qu'il peut y avoir des differences considerables entre les groups, differant chacun par la langage et la culture, a ľinterieur meme de la Papouasie Nouvelle Guinee, et que les enfants Jimi eux-memes montrent un retard de plusieurs annees (retard qui s'accroit avec ladifficulte du concept teste) dans la realisation des concepts testes, compares a des enfants dc pays plus developpes.
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