Una aproximación al desarrollo evolutivo infantil: nivel de conocimiento y demanda de información sobre el mismo

Authors

Lucía Herrera TorresSalto de línea María del Mar Ortiz GómezSalto de línea Dolores Seijo MartínezSalto de línea Inmaculada Alemany Arrebola Salto de línea Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Educación y Humanidades de Melilla. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Melilla, España.

María del Carmen Mesa FrancoSalto de línea Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Psicología. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Granada, España.

Gloria Rojas RuizSalto de línea Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Educación y Humanidades de Melilla. Departamento de Didáctica y Organización Escolar. Melilla, España.

Abstract

An approach to evolutive development of children: level of knowledge and information requestSalto de línea Salto de línea This papers’ principal aim is to explore the level of knowledge of the general population concerning the evolutive development of children, and to analyze the social request of this knowledge. Thus, a questionnaire that assesses the level of knowledge about the specific ages at which children acquire the ability to carry out a determined behaviour has been implemented on 620 citizens from Melilla. The study analyzes to what extent gender, education level or the experience of the parents influence the knowledge of children development. Furthermore, it has been determined the level request that participants have about this specific knowledge. The main information sources about this topic have been identified, as well as participants’ satisfaction with each of the topics. Regarding gender, results show that women know more than men about child development in most of the evaluated matters. Participants with a higher education level also present, in general, a wider knowledge on the evolutive development of children. However, the results obtained in the comparison of the variable were not so clear. On the other hand, the interest level on acquiring more information about the evolutive development of children is high. The main sources to obtain this type of information are, in order of preference, interest and degree of satisfaction, the specialized books, television, specialized journals and Internet.

Keywords

Evolutive development of children, level of knowledge, gender, level of education, experience as a parent, request of information, information sources, satisfaction degree.