understanding children's ideas of the shape of the earth

Before the research I conducted, there were previous research completed in America and Greece. But never in Australia has there been a research about children’s ideas about the shape of the earth. The first research was undertaken as a study of conceptual change, more commonly known as psychology (Vosniadou and Brewer 1992), which studied the metal models of earth. The second research was undertaken in mind/regard of the children’s ideas in science (Nussbaum 1993) to represent earth as a cosmic body. Each research had the exact same four views of how the earth could be broadly categorized by the ideas children gave.
The 4 views of the earth:
1) The Sphere- it is a scientific notion of the earth in a sphere with people living on the surface



2) The Hollow Sphere- the earth is a hollow sphere or ball with people living on a flat section deep inside it




3) Dual Earth- this notion expresses two earths, a round one up in the sky and a flat one where people li...