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Direct linkAdrian-Mario Gellel; Josephine Deguara; Jennifer Formosa – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
This paper reports on an investigation into the potential effects of the Symbol Literacy Approach (SLA) on the metaphorical reasoning of 25 five-year-old children attending a Maltese Catholic School. This was implemented via six pedagogical activities comprising the 'St. Michael Project', which sought to prompt the children's symbolic engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Catholic Schools
