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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"nature experiences"”.
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An autoethnographic exploration of family-based emergent nature learning
Through autoethonography, I explored emergent nature learning in a family context. I facilitated and journaled about eighty-five family-based nature experiences with my own family, ten of which included other families. I created the term enthusiastic nature learning (ENL) as an indication of …
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Unearthing an educator's ecological niche: A heuristic inquiry
… adults. Recognizing the importance of childhood experiences, with and within nature, the intent of this study is to interpret the essential meanings associated with these experiences and how these, in turn, are situated in our beliefs and relationship with nature. The targeted respondents for the …
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Influences of place-based memories on parents who enrol their children in outdoor preschools
Developing positive relationships with nature through outdoor play and education may lead to increased environmental consciousness in adults. Building on past research showing the influence of early memories on adult decision making, this study strives to understand how childhood play outdoors …
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Exploring the Development of Fourth Graders' Environmental Identity Through Participation in a Semi-Formal Nature Club
Nature deficit, where disconnections occur between children and nature have come to the forefront of environmental education in recent years. This study explored how fourth graders in an after-school Nature Club developed or strengthened their environmental identity, thus decreasing nature deficit. …
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Installing Environmental Stewardship: Installation Artworks and the Capacity to Convey Nature Experience
… excluded the intrinsic tie between humans and nature. Our understanding of the natural world becomes increasingly limited as over-controlled experiments continue to disregard the naturally occurring variables and interdependent relationships that make up the environment. Recognizing the …
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Recreating Parks as Places for Restoration, Reconnection, and Reconciliation
… parks for providing health benefits through experiences in nature, and explores how transdisciplinary inquiry can inform the role parks play connecting people to nature in the face of current global environmental challenges. The iterative research process drew upon several academic …
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Biologische Vielfalt weltweit und regional erhalten - Einflussfaktoren für Handlungsbereitschaften von Schüler(inne)n der Sekundarstufen I und II
… Verantwortung für den Schutz der Natur sowie auf Naturerfahrungen auswirken. Unter Einbezug des Modells zur Erklärung naturschützender bzw. naturgefährdender Bereitschaften und Entscheidungen (Kals, Schumacher & Montada 1998) wurde ein Fragebogen entwickelt. Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass …
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Nature, autism, and COVID: Exploring perceptions of nature’s relationship with wellbeing in diverse groups
The benefits of time in nature for wellbeing are numerous and well-documented. However, most of this research has focused on neurotypical individuals and was conducted prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. This thesis is comprised of three UK-based studies and has three main aims: to examine the role …
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Geographilia in Children's Urban Spaces: Investigating How Children Explore Outdoor Places and Connect with Natural Objects.
… participating in the study carefully observe nature and make discoveries while working with natural objects. The researcher documents how children spend time outside each day throughout the year through hands-on opportunities exploring natural elements. The research shows that children build …
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Geographilia in Children's Urban Spaces: Investigating How Children Explore Outdoor Places and Connect with Natural Objects.
… participating in the study carefully observe nature and make discoveries while working with natural objects. The researcher documents how children spend time outside each day throughout the year through hands-on opportunities exploring natural elements. The research shows that children build …