The brain controls everything : children's ideas about the body

• Main Author: Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.
• Series: Cognition, equity, & society.
• Subjects: Human body > Study and teaching (Primary) > Iceland.; Human physiology > Study and teaching (Primary) > Iceland.; Human anatomy > Study and teaching (Primary) > Iceland.; Cognition in children.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Science & Technology.; Human biology.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Educational: Sciences, general science.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806610457
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-380-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages)

This book explores a study of how and under what circumstances children's ideas about the body change 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 t...