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Botany in children's literature : = A content analysis of plant -centered children's picture books that have a plot and characters.

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Title/Author:	Botany in children's literature :/
Reminder of title:	A content analysis of plant -centered children's picture books that have a plot and characters.
Author:	Goins, Sheila Lewis.
Description:	1 online resource (222 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 66-05, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International66-05A.
Subject:	Science education. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780496833719

Botany in children's literature : = A content analysis of plant -centered children's picture books that have a plot and characters.
Goins, Sheila Lewis.

Botany in children's literature :A content analysis of plant -centered children's picture books that have a plot and characters. - 1 online resource (222 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 66-05, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references

This content analysis study examined 36 plant-centered children's science picture books that have a plot and characters published from 1950 to present. Botanical subject matter and learning opportunities offered by these books were analyzed, along with the range and frequency of the National Science Education Standards-consistent and age-appropriate plant science concepts and principles. The science graphics, artistic innovations, and story plot of these books were also examined. Rubrics and research-based recommendations were developed to offer parents, teachers, and librarians assistance in identifying, evaluating, and using such books to help children of ages 4-8 learn about plants and enjoy plant science. This genre of children's literature was identified and selected primarily through extensive research at four major, nationally recognized children's literature collections: The Kerlan Collection, The de Grummond Collection, The Center for Children's Books, and The Central Children's Room at the Donnell Library. This study determined that there was a substantial increase in the number of books written in this genre of children's literature from 1990 to 2000. Botanical subject-matter knowledge and learning opportunities offered by these books include biodiversity of plants; characteristics of plants; life cycles of plants; economic botany, ecology, and ethnobotany. The range and frequency of National Standards-consistent and age-appropriate plant science concepts and principles identified within these books, in part, though not exclusively, included the emergent categories of the process of photosynthesis; basic needs of plants; plant structures; external signals affecting plant growth; environmental stress to plants; biodiversity of plants; plants as animal habitats; and common uses of plants. With regard to plant science graphics, 13 books were identified as presenting some type of science graphic, beyond simple illustrations. The most frequently used graphics were cutaways, sequence diagrams, and zoom graphics. The findings relative to story plot and characters revealed that the majority of story plots involved a problem followed by a solution, rather than merely a series of events. The main character(s) of these stories were most often Caucasians (44%), followed by plants (28%), Hispanics (11%), animals personified (8%), African Americans (6%), and indigenous peoples (3%). Most often the stories took place in rural settings.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780496833719Subjects--Topical Terms:

1151737
Science education.
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BotanyIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Botany in children's literature : = A content analysis of plant -centered children's picture books that have a plot and characters.
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