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Scaffolding Children's Participation in Schools' Environmental Health: The Role of Teacher Mediation and Digital Tools

Scaffolding Children's Participation in Schools' Environmental Health: The Role of Teacher Mediation and Digital Tools

Maria João Silva, Eduarda Ferreira, Alexandra Souza, Ana Rita Alves, Susana Batista
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781799821045|ISBN10: 1799821048|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799821052|EISBN13: 9781799821069
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2104-5.ch014
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Silva, Maria João, et al. "Scaffolding Children's Participation in Schools' Environmental Health: The Role of Teacher Mediation and Digital Tools." Examining the Roles of Teachers and Students in Mastering New Technologies, edited by Eva Podovšovnik, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 265-283. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2104-5.ch014

APA

Silva, M. J., Ferreira, E., Souza, A., Alves, A. R., & Batista, S. (2020). Scaffolding Children's Participation in Schools' Environmental Health: The Role of Teacher Mediation and Digital Tools. In E. Podovšovnik (Ed.), Examining the Roles of Teachers and Students in Mastering New Technologies (pp. 265-283). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2104-5.ch014

Chicago

Silva, Maria João, et al. "Scaffolding Children's Participation in Schools' Environmental Health: The Role of Teacher Mediation and Digital Tools." In Examining the Roles of Teachers and Students in Mastering New Technologies, edited by Eva Podovšovnik, 265-283. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2104-5.ch014

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Abstract

The goal of the research reported in this chapter is to explore if children can participate in schools' environmental health, while being supported by teacher mediation and eco-sensors. Eco-sensors should be used as epistemic mediators to support children in acquiring and interpreting environmental data to suggest solutions to schools' environmental health problems. Teacher mediation can scaffold children's epistemic practices to promote children's participation in scientific inquiries, centered on environmental health problem solving. A web-based platform is used as a database and to share, in multiple representations, the data acquired and organized by children. This research includes two case studies on two environmental health problems: sound pollution and air pollution. The identification of children's epistemic practices and of teacher mediation is made using audio recordings, and pre- and post-tests are used to assess other learning results. The results showed that digital sensors and teacher mediation scaffolded children's participation in environmental health.

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