RT Journal Article
T1 Doctor’s Learning Environment: Fostering Critical Thinking in 4-Year-Old Children.
A1 Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín
A1 Rodríguez-Melero, Ana María
A1 López-Fernández, María del Mar
A1 Cano-Iglesias, María José
K1 Pensamiento crítico
K1 Educación infantil
K1 Educación sanitaria
K1 Cuerpo humano
AB The development of critical thinking from an early age is essential in science education, and despite its importance, there is still little research in early childhood education. This exploratory study presents a learning environment around a daily life problem faced by preschoolers, related to the human body and health, carried out through role-play and inquiry, aimed at developing critical thinking within the knowledge application domain in 4-year-old children. The study involved a sample of 9 children from a preschool in Málaga (Spain). Data were collected through observations, dialogues, field notes, and children’s productions. The assessment of progress in the application of scientific knowledge and understanding of science encompassed a comprehensive set of criteria aligned with Bloom’s revised taxonomy. The findings indicate greater progress in the remembering compared to understanding. Specifically, 76.18% of the children reached the achieved level in listing, 72.21% in explaining, 62.50% in relating, and 58.33% in identifying. This suggests that, at early ages, learning environments designed around daily-life health contexts can contribute to the development of certain aspects of critical thinking.
PB MDPI
YR 2026
FD 2026-03-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/46163
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/46163
LA eng
NO -
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 7 abr 2026