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Thanks Chris;
This thread got me going .. (again).
A sample size of 2000 isn't really that indicative of the entire population of Australian kids in the 6 - 12 years bracket (for instance).
Wiki says 18.9% for 0 to 14 years = about 4.3 million. (Don't know what it is for 6 to 12 years, though).
Fantasies are kind of important in the development of youthful minds. Fact and fantasy can start to separate after 12 years also, no ?
I find more important during these young years, is that children learn about what it means to be 'responsible' (for eg). Also, learning how to think rationally helps towards establishing an effective 'operating system' for later in life, which will serve as a tool to correct factual errors.
I find correcting errors in most kids' knowledge base in the 6 to 12 years range is not so tough, if they have a good grounding in these other areas. (Not that I'm an expert in this area, mind you).
So, I guess in my view, there maybe things more important than knowledge of outright facts during this period of development.
The survey didn't test for these aspects.
Cheers & Regards.
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