Environmental judgment in early childhood and its relationship with the understanding of the concept of living beings

The evidence collected concerning the biocentric judgment that young children express when evaluating human actions on the environment leads some scholars to suggest that an essential understanding of the notion of living beings should appear earlier than previously believed. This research project aims to study that assumption. To this end, young children’s choice when they are put in situation of having to compare and choose the most negative option between environmentally harmful actions and the breaking of social conventions are examined. Afterwards, the results are categorized in relation to those obtained from the study of children’s grasp of the distinction between living beings and inanimate entities. The data is analysed according to the individuals’ age and overall, it suggests a lack of relationship between environmental judgment and the understanding of the concept of living beings. The final results are discussed in keeping with recent research in the field of moral development that underscores the role that unconscious emotional processing plays in the individual’s normative judgment.

Itinerarios, del espacio al plano. Descubriendo el camino de la escuela al metro.

Resumen: Este Trabajo de Fin de Grado tiene como objeto de estudio los recorridos en el espacio a través de su representación en el plano. Presentamos una propuesta educativa basada en los principios de la enseñanza matemática realista. Utilizando como contexto los recorridos en el entorno de la escuela, matematizamos un contexto en el que los niños y niñas viven y experimentan, diseñando tareas y actividades que nos permitieron relacionar los procesos matemáticos con los contenidos curriculares de esta etapa. La implementación en el centro en el que realizábamos las prácticas nos permitió analizar los resultados obtenidos que presentamos en las conclusiones.