Spatial-skills representation in early childhood curricula is widespread in both Global North and Global South¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Representation of spatial skills in early childhood curricula was diverse and widespread around the world, in both the Global North and the Global South. → Bobrowicz 2026

Evidence¶

Bobrowicz 2026¶

Bobrowicz, Katarzyna; Mendes, Angélica. (2026). Spatial skills in early childhood education. Learning and Instruction, 103, 102308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102308

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Concluding result of the fifty-two-country document analysis: spatial-skills representation was found to be "diverse and widespread around the world" across both Global North and Global South curricula. No effect size is printed.

"The representation of spatial skills was diverse and widespread around the world, both in the Global North and in the Global South."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most early childhood curricula include concrete pedagogical activities fostering spatial skills — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Nearly all of fifty-two countries' early childhood curricula mention diverse spatial skills — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Extent of spatial-skills representation does not vary by curricular age level — related
• Curricula recognize development and malleability of spatial skills but not sociodemographic diversity — related