A cross-cultural study of young children's mapping abilities

被引：54

作者：

Blades, M

Blaut, JM

Darvizeh, Z

Elguea, S

Sowden, S

Soni, D

Spencer, C

Stea, D

Surajpaul, R

Uttal, D

机构：

[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Geog, Chicago, IL 60607 USA

[2] Univ Sheffield, Dept Psychol, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England

[3] Al Zahra Univ, Dept Psychol, Tehran, Iran

[4] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Dept Humanities, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

[5] Univ Sheffield, Dept Psychol, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England

[6] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Dept Geog, ZA-4000 Durban, South Africa

[7] SW Texas State Univ, Dept Geog & Planning, San Marcos, TX 78666 USA

[8] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Dept Geog, ZA-4000 Durban, South Africa

[9] Northwestern Univ, Dept Psychol, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

来源：

TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 02期

关键词：

mapping abilities of preschoolers; cognitive development; cross-cultural environmental psychology;

D O I：

10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00269.x

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

The mapping abilities of four-year-old children in York, England, Durban, South Africa, Tehran, Iran, Mexico City, Mexico and Evanston, Illinois, USA were investigated, using a methodology involving air-photo identification and simulated navigation on an air photo. The results show that essential mapping abilities (perspective and scale transformations) are well developed by the age of four in these cultures, and provide some evidence in support of the hypothesis that mapping abilities emerge without training in very young children of all cultures.

引用

页码：269 / 277

页数：9

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